Cookie law: websites must seek consent from this weekend

JMH · May 27, 2012

Friday marks the last working day for UK businesses to prepare their websites for a new law governing the use of cookies.

From Sunday, sites must obtain "informed consent" from visitors before saving cookies on a machine.

Cookies are pieces of personal data stored when users browse the web, sometimes to power advertising.

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is to launch a tool for the public to report non-compliant sites.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18194235

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Cookie law: websites must seek consent from this weekend

JMH

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