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The article links to this print-friendly PDF:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/docume...

Also, it being the official European Commission site, they comply properly with the GDPR, and if you do view the webpage with JavaScript enabled and choose only essential cookies, they do respect that correctly.

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Well, only with the letter, not the spirit. Otherwise they would only use essential cookies and there would be no need for the popup.

The spirit too... They use Matomo and collect internal analytics only, there are no third-party trackers on these sites...

GDPR with javascript-ed web, are you serious?

If true, the GDPR needs some fixes...

What do you believe are some inherent incompatibilities between JavaScript and the GDPR?

This is obviously a troll.

Whatever, we'll have a look at this GDPR and the ones which bear its responsability with my lawyers.

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