It's part of a EU law which actually came into effect back in 2011.
Personally I feel it's a bit overkill, as I anticipate every website I visit uses cookies. Probably would have been more efficient if the websites not using cookies publish an appropriate notice.
If you are logging on from a non-EU country, you may not see this notice See Picture below). I suspect with time it will become a worldwide phenomenon.
Depending how much daily surfing you do, you should clean your cookies on a regular frequency.
Best solution is to set your browser to delete all cookies before logging off.
Cookies which remain on your computer tend to gather information on a continuous basis and may slow down your browser

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