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Strictly necessary

Said of a cookie the app cannot work without, or cannot keep accounts safe without. It needs no yes, so Cookie settings has no switch for it. Seedlark has three: sign-in, security, and one that remembers the customer’s choice on the banner. Cookie Notice, paragraph 2.1 · Chapter 8 · see Cookie, Statistics exception

Explained in Chapter 8, Cookie Banners: PECR Consent and the New Exceptions, of Consumer Terms.

How it comes up, in Chapter 8
PECR has two exceptions that matter here. A strictly necessary cookie is one the app cannot work without, or cannot keep accounts safe without. Seedlark has three: sign-in, security, and one that remembers the customer’s choice on the banner.
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