Yes. And cookie splash screens! I admire GDPR's intention but hasn't it been a massive human time sink.
Not to take away from your point, just that it's all a hindrance.
Not to take away from your point, just that it's all a hindrance.
Technically, I think if you have the default Apache logging configured and you read those logs, you should probably float that banner.
GDPR is not "vague" about this; perhaps you haven't read it (as laws go, it's pretty easy to read).
It reminds me of the war on drugs in a lot of ways.
The GDPR does not mandate gratuitous and pointless personalised spying, which is the only case that requires consent. Normal operations (say a shop collecting payment details and shipping address to fulfil an order) do not require a consent banner.