Re: EU Cookie Law

On 22.05.2012 05:26, Craig Francis wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> In the EU a new law is going to be enforced which will require each
> website to inform their users about cookies, and get their consent to
> accept some/most/all cookies that the website issues.
> 
> The law isn't particularly clear as to how this should be done, and as
> such there is allot of confusion over the matter.
> 
> But I was wondering if the browser should be the one responsible in
> telling users a bit more about the cookies (so its consistent for
> every website), and then the browser could block certain cookies (a
> bit like the "do not track" header)... then perhaps the website could
> be responsible for providing some of that information though an XML
> file.
> 
> For the purposes of discussion, I've got an example at:
> 
> http://www.craigfrancis.co.uk/features/thoughts/browserCookies/
> 
> And was wondering if anyone had any thoughts, or possibly connections
> at the ICO (I'm in the UK) who may look at this as a better solution.

If you set cookie preferences to "ask me" every time then this becomes a
moot point for the EU so called "law".


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