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The end of cookie nags?

If you live in Europe then you know the routine: open a new website, click through a cookie consent banner designed to maximize data gathering, let out a frustrated sigh and get on with life. That might be changing:

A note sent to industry and civil society attending a focus group on Sept. 15, seen by POLITICO, showed the Commission is pondering how to tweak the rules to include more exceptions or make sure users can set their preferences on cookies once (for example, in their browser settings) instead of every time they visit a website.

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