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[ PRIVACY Forum ] UK backs off on inane cookie consent law
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UK backs off on inane cookie consent law
http://j.mp/11dCTFu (Net Magazine)
"The decision by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to stop
asking for explicit permission to serve cookies has been cited as the
death of the cookie law."
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Regular readers will recall my strong criticism of the EU's inane
cookie "consent" regime when it was announced, and examples I've shown
of how it completely broke many sites and confused users. I'm glad to
see the UK ICO acknowledging what a mess this has been, but a lot of
time, effort, and money could have been saved if this nonsense had
been avoided in the first place, throughout the entire EU.
--Lauren--
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