Online Privacy News and Views
Transparency and Choice Key to Online Trust
A new survey conducted just after the UK began enforcing the cookie law has found that most consumers are more likely to do business with organisations that are transparent about their online data collection, and give people the opportunity to opt-out.
European Commission Fines Countries for Cookies Law Failures
The EU has started proceedings against five countries for a failure to implement the Cookie Directive into local law in time. The countries in question are: Belgium, The Netherlands, Portugal and Slovenia.
Article 29 Working Party Publishes Opinion on Exempted Cookies
The Article 29 Working Party has this week published an official EU wide opinion on the types of cookies that are exempted from the need for visitor consent.
ICO Sends Warnings on Cookie Law Compliance
It has emerged this week that the ICO has sent letters to the owners of 75 of the UK’s top websites, asking them about their cookie law compliance.
Cookie Law Update from the ICO
I took part in a cookie law event this week hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The DCMS being the government department responsible for this particular law.
How Intrusive Are Your Cookies?
Ever since the ICO started giving out guidance to people on complying with the cookie law, there has been this idea of degrees of cookie intrusiveness.
ICO Publishes Updated Cookie Law Guidance
The ICO has published its much anticipated half-term report along with updated guidance on complying with the cookie law in the UK.
W3C Do Not Track Draft Standard and the Cookie Law
Do Not Track (DNT) is a browser based mechanism designed to enable a web user to communicate their privacy wishes to a website, with the idea that the website will then be able to respond in a way that respects that wish.
Can the Cookie Law Build a Better Web?
If you read a random selection of blogs, articles and opinions on the cookie law, the view that you are most likely to come across can be broadly stated as: This is a bad law that will break the web, destroy valued services and reduce many companies to dust.
Browsers to the Rescue?
One of the areas of the new cookie law that has been most confusing for many people is the role, or potential role, of browsers in the consent process.
