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Just the presence or absence of the cookie.


I would assume most websites would still set cookies even if you reject the consent, because the consent is only about not technically necessary cookies. Just because the website sets cookies doesn't tell you whether it respects you selection. Only if it doesn't set any cookies can you be sure, and I would assume that's a small minority of websites.




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