Comments on: Europe Approves A Cookie Law – User Consent Will Be Required http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/11/12/europe-approves-a-cookie-law-user-consent-will-be-required/ Technology News, Reviews & How-To Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: mhz http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/11/12/europe-approves-a-cookie-law-user-consent-will-be-required/#comment-61163 mhz Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:26:59 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=10165#comment-61163 Note to conspiracy guys: Its too late. They already have the complete file on you. The law would have been helpful about 15 years ago. Oh well! Note to conspiracy guys: Its too late. They already have the complete file on you. The law would have been helpful about 15 years ago. Oh well!

]]> By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/11/12/europe-approves-a-cookie-law-user-consent-will-be-required/#comment-61162 Ron Schenone Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:09:22 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=10165#comment-61162 Hi Nick, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Also some great points! Regards, Ron Hi Nick,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Also some great points!
Regards, Ron

]]> By: Nick http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/11/12/europe-approves-a-cookie-law-user-consent-will-be-required/#comment-61161 Nick Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:59:08 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=10165#comment-61161 Its totally idiotic. As a web developer I use cookies all the time on websites. 90% of cookies used on the web don't store any kind of personal information. For example one of my sites its a simple online store, it keeps a cookie of a user's basket while they add stuff then purges it at the end... how does this possibly violate their privacy. If it is enforced then its gonna be scary how many sites will need to change, especially legacy sites that just 'work' and no one has touched the code for in 5-10 years. Also factor in the session technology, that is the storing data server side instead of client side on the fly does infact still rely on reference cookies on the user's machine. Where will it stop? As part of a basic HTTP request a user provides a website with all manner of information, ip address, OS, screen res etc.... Will the storing of that in log files be banned? Its all very silly. Its totally idiotic. As a web developer I use cookies all the time on websites. 90% of cookies used on the web don’t store any kind of personal information.

For example one of my sites its a simple online store, it keeps a cookie of a user’s basket while they add stuff then purges it at the end… how does this possibly violate their privacy.

If it is enforced then its gonna be scary how many sites will need to change, especially legacy sites that just ‘work’ and no one has touched the code for in 5-10 years.

Also factor in the session technology, that is the storing data server side instead of client side on the fly does infact still rely on reference cookies on the user’s machine.

Where will it stop? As part of a basic HTTP request a user provides a website with all manner of information, ip address, OS, screen res etc…. Will the storing of that in log files be banned?

Its all very silly.

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