The EU websites require the cookie consent due to this section of the cookie policy:
> Third-party providers on Commission websites
* YouTube
* Internet Archive
* ScribbleLive
* Google Maps
* Twitter
* TV1
* Vimeo
* Microsoft
* Facebook
* Google
* LinkedIn
* Livestream
* SoundCloud
* European Parliament
These third-party services are outside of the control of the European Commission. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.
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In other words, due the embeds that track users, consent is needed.
They also have their own analytics in the same section, by the letter of the rules: they indeed need explicit consent, which would be obviated if they didn’t run analytics and didn’t embed stuff.
The EU websites require the cookie consent due to this section of the cookie policy:
> Third-party providers on Commission websites
* YouTube
* Internet Archive
* ScribbleLive
* Google Maps
* Twitter
* TV1
* Vimeo
* Microsoft
* Facebook
* Google
* LinkedIn
* Livestream
* SoundCloud
* European Parliament
These third-party services are outside of the control of the European Commission. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.
——
In other words, due the embeds that track users, consent is needed.
They also have their own analytics in the same section, by the letter of the rules: they indeed need explicit consent, which would be obviated if they didn’t run analytics and didn’t embed stuff.