[niklasrde]

That's not true. "strictly necessary cookies" are allowed without consent (but information on their use must be available).

Examples for what that means given by the EU itself [1] include "cookies that allow web shops to hold your items in your cart while you are shopping".

And on the policing - there are a lot of laws that cannot be "policed". It requires trust, goodwill, collaboration and savy users to report violations to the webmaster or relevant ICO.

[1]: https://gdpr.eu/cookies/

[ZiiS]

How do you know if a site has used a cookie they said was functional to track you?

[LunaSea]

It doesn't matter because that's the law and if you don't follow it you risk a fine.

How do you know if your neighbour is not producing meth in his basement?