Many of the problems in applying European Data Protection Law on-line arise from uncertainty over whether the law covers labels that allow an individual to be recognised (i.e. “same person as last time”) but not – unless you are the issuer of the label – identified (i.e. “Andrew again”). The Article 29 Working Party have […]
Month: May 2011
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Cookies – *now* it’s time to wake up
The Information Commissioner has published his guidance on complying with new European cookie law, and the news is less good than had been hoped. Although the simplest way for a website to obtain users’ consent to installing cookies would be to rely on them having set appropriate cookie preferences in their browsers – indeed the […]