_getEssentialCookieNames() function

[Nathan Explosion]

Taking a look at this and noticing that it really does only list cookies

Based on that, have you determined that the use of HTML5 local storage is exempt from needing to obtain consent from users?

For example:

[Matt]

Yeah, it's been discussed a lot internally for years regarding cookie versus local storage. We do use local storage for somethings, but the downside is that it is not exposed to the PHP layer, which means you'd need to manage any preferences those settings control completely in client side scripting.

[Nathan Explosion]

Just to clarify...the question was:

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have you determined that the use of HTML5 local storage is exempt from needing to obtain consent from users?

Is the response 'Yes'?

Note: no trick "next question" incoming.

Edited June 21, 2023 by Nathan Explosion

[Matt]

People go mad over cookies because at one point 3rd party sites could read them and determine your activity on other sites.

Browsers have largely closed this down, but here we are with the need for cooke consent.

Localstorage is not exposed to any layers that can take that data from another site's database that you have visited, so it's not much exempt as just a different technology that isn't governed in the same way cookies are.

[Nathan Explosion]

Thanks, that answers the question better, and would explain why you have chosen not to list those indicated items in the function in core.