Hi Scotty, finally have some time to reply to you. Thanks for the extensive reply! I have found a way for this to show on demand for me. I am using Chrome which I suspect is the source of this issue, as it does not show in Firefox for me.
Near the bottom of each page on CTO is the link below:
Clicking on this takes me to the cookie popup I was talking about (with a 'Do not consent' option which doesn't show when you first get this forced on to your screen). If you click on Manage Options, you will see the screenshot that I shared originally. I usually have to go in to each section and unselect anything that is on by default.
I am guessing you can't do anything about this as it is a browser thing.