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Eu Cookie Law A Step Backwards?


sixwheeledbeast

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For those not aware this is a law that came into force in EU on 26th May 2011.

It's plan is to warn users of a site about advertisement and tracking cookies and allow them to opt out/in.

This controls if they are stored on your machine locally or if you wish to reject them

 

The reason I bring this up is as more an more sites start to conform, the more the banners are doing my head in.

Especially browsing on a mobile, chasing a button on a popup/banner around a small screen.

 

I use Firefox and I am capable of managing my cookies myself, for security.

I use plugin's that delete LSO's and cookies on close. I also use Ghostery to block analytics and AdBlock to kill all advertising.

This up until lately was making my web user experience very pleasant.

However due to the EU I now have to put up with banners and buttons on every site, every session.

 

Either way we are going to be seeing a lot more popups and banners on the web in the EU.

Also due to fact there is not a standard method in confirming cookies, people will be confused by it all.

 

Is this a step backwards for the web?

Does your company website(s) conform, yet?

What are your opinions?

 

Worth a watch and covers my views on the matter too.

 

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Its pointless.

A lot of ecomm sites need cookies to work else you have to use a less secure method that can be exploited.

One of those 'dont understand the issue lets ban this bit' without understanding the implications.

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It drives me nuts too. Like yourself I had setup software on my gateways to deal with the nasties so web browsing was quite pleasant. I don't now the laws around this but what would stop you hosting your website outside the eu, would this be a way around it ornusnit companies operating in the eu that must comply?

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I don't now the laws around this but what would stop you hosting your website outside the eu, would this be a way around it ornusnit companies operating in the eu that must comply?

AFAIK it's to do with where the site is hosted.

So yes this would be a way around.

Overall a better solution to the banners IMO would be a one line (HTML) modifcation to every website.

This would locate what browser cookie setting you have selected. If your browser is not compatible auto-opt in with a warning.

This banners everywhere approach is like going back 15 or more years were pop-up adverts where on every site.

TBH I agree with James, it's a pointless rule made by people that don't understand. With no thought on what it will do to the internet from a users perspective.

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I use a FF plug in for the cookies "Self destructing cookies .3.3", it has a whitelist for exceptions

 

I spotted that the other day, looks good.

It's a pretty new add-on, I have been using my multiple add-on and tweaked cookie settings for years.

 

Definately seems worth adding in along side Adblock, Ghostery, Better Privacy, NoScript etc.

 

It doesn't work in Private Browsing, which I don't use but worth mentioning.

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