In fairness, I have worked for a company which did talk to a lawyer about this and ultimately we didn’t have a cookie banner nor a disclosure of the cookies used (cookies were minimal and without personal information, essentially site settings not even associated with accounts).
So I didn’t misinterpret what you said, it’s just that I have seen consent and disclosure always hand in hand.
It’s been years since I read the law in full myself, so it’s possible you’re right. I’m going by my own recollection (which can obviously be flawed) and the result of a lawyer’s interpretation (which is the thing you recommended) but I’m not one myself.
I still don’t understand (nor have you addressed) how you misread “firmness of conviction” in my words, especially when I purposefully did the opposite because I understand that these legal matters can get fuzzy.
