The deadline for UK businesses to comply with the EU Privacy Directive concerning cookies passed last Saturday (26th May). I’ve previously written guidelines about how businesses can comply with the Directive but on Thursday, with less...
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Helping Consumers Opt-Out of Cookies after May 26th
I’ve written several times about “Cookie Day” on May 26th in the UK and suggested steps to take to ensure compliance in Britain. There are still grey areas, but one thing brands do need to...
ICO “Waiting a Year” Before Enforcing Today’s UK Cookie Law
We’ve previously covered the EU ePrivacy Directive and resulting law that comes into force today (May 26th) and provided our advice on complying with it; now we’ve got some good news for brands worrying about...
Update: How to be ready for the EU Cookie Law – New ICO Guidance
We blogged last week about the EU Directive on ePrivacy – Cookies and The EU Directive: Don’t Panic and Cookies and The EU Directive: What Brands Need To Do The Information Commissioners Office has now...
Cookies and The EU Directive: What Brands Need To Do
UPDATE: we’ve posted a revised set of steps following the ICO’s guidance notes here – please read these instead. In part one we outlined the EU Directive affecting cookies and some of the controversy...
Cookies and The EU Directive: Don’t Panic
In 2002 the EU passed the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications covering the “right to privacy in the electronic communication sector” and in 2009 issued a revised ePrivacy Directive as part of a wider...
The End of UK Internet Privacy?
This week, the new coalition government has announced intentions to revive plans to record and store individual’s internet activity, in the interests of public security. The general reaction has been negative, with the nation’s press...