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On 27/10/11 12:03, Gibbs wrote > > Has anyone implemented anything on their website to adhere to the new > cookie laws? I would be interested in seeing any examples. The only site > I have come across doing it is the BBC and apparently after a few months > fines can be issued if you aren't compliant. We took the opportunity to document our use of cookies, who will set cookies from our main site, why they are set, 3rd party security policies and and blocking options those 3rd parties supply. http://www.350.com/site/cookie.htm But we haven't done it for every website we've created. However I think a classic "bad law" as it refers to fairly specific technology, doesn't take account of tools already available to people who actually care about the issues. If you care what cookies are on your computer you've had perfectly good tools to manage it for 10+ years, if you don't care then it doesn't matter to you. As such utterly pointless legislation. There was some mutterings about Flash, if you care about privacy to the point of stopping cookies - don't use Adobe flash, or use other techniques to avoid persistence in your web browsing experience. > Also does Google Analytics fall under this law? You'd have to get legal advice, but my reading is yes, Analytics clearly does fall under the law. They are using a web browser without cookie control, then I regard that as consent. Is it explicit consent - No, but then the Office of the Information Commissioner set a cookie on my computer before then asked me if I'd consent to them setting cookies, so this is the level of clue we are dealing with. The government don't tap me on the shoulder every time I walk into an area covered by one of their CCTV systems, and that is far more intrusive, and there is no easy opt-out (well no legal opt out yet). -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq