[New post] How-to: Understand the UK Cookie Law Part One

New post on Everything Express How-to: Understand the UK Cookie Law Part One by Allan J. Smithie We've been following a discussion thread begun by podcaster Tony Whitmore (http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/) on the UK legislation covering the use of software cookies (sadly the baked goods are already subject to regulation and taxes). All cookies are covered by the legislation. Regulation 6 requires that the user is given clear and comprehensive information about all cookies used, and that the user has given consent for each one. Implied consent may be sufficient; the ICO's guidance is not exactly clear. But then the legislation is so broad, achieving clarity is quite difficult. At least the ICO itself has a large cookie notification and consent box on the site. It seems likely that a lot of software will be setting up cookies by default and many users will not be aware this is happening. Over to Tony... Read more of this post Allan J. Smithie | June 1, 2012 at 12:12 am | Tags: how-to, Internet, law, software, web | Categories: Software, Tech News, Technology | URL: http://wp.me/p1uj0o-1UO Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://everythingexpress.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/how-to-understand-the-uk-cookie-law-part-one/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com