Bug 40712

Summary: cookieConsent: Accepting essential cookies is unneeded/misleading
Product: Koha Reporter: Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy>
Component: OPACAssignee: Owen Leonard <oleonard>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: martin.renvoize
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Marcel de Rooy 2025-08-27 11:55:28 UTC
It feels a bit strange to Accept essential cookies. If you dont accept, they work anyway. And if you can accept, you would expect a reject either. But you cant reject them: they are essential and the code just uses them. If there are no additional non-essential cookies, it feels like the bar just needs a OK button to dismiss a message that there are only essential cookies. (This dismissal is not an accept.)

"Under GDPR, essential (or strictly necessary) cookies are exempt from requiring user consent because they are fundamental for basic website functionality."