Nope. (Also IANAL)
- EU Cookie Law is "tell people you're using cookies". And with GDPR it became "if you use that data strictly for the operation of your website, you don't need anything at all"
- GDPR is: if you want to collect more data, and track people, and sell/send people's data to third parties, you have to ask for their consent in a clear unambiguous manner, with opt-out being as easy as opt-in.
The industry's response to that [1]?
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We value your privacy.
1498 partners
We're building a profile on you
GDPR made us do it
Agree to all
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And the gullible devs gobbled that up and blame the law for their own industry's failing.