Re: disabled cookies

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Tedd Sperling <tedd@sperling.com> wrote: > On Jun 3, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: >> >> There is a new law been passed in the UK that makes non-essential cookies opt-in only, so >> you must get permission in order to use them. > > What's a non-essential cookie? > > Cheers, > > tedd A cookie that can be removed without the site loosing essential functionality. On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Tedd Sperling <tedd@sperling.com> wrote: > On Jun 4, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: >> >> Yeah, it's been such a pain, as nobody over here is quite sure how the >> hell it'll be enforced either, or if it even will be. It's also pretty >> vague as to just where the line gets drawn. The official government >> sites on this are pretty black and white, but don't clearly address the >> grey areas. I think this is definitely a case of the persons making the >> laws don't understand the technology involved, which sadly seems to be >> the case across a lot of tech laws being passed world-wide of late :( >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Ash > > This is what I put on my site to address the Cookie issue: > > http://sperling.com/contact.php > > Do you think it would be enough? > > Cheers, > > tedd > If the cookie is non-essential, you also need an option to 'opt-out'. - Matijn