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Roph:
I'm beginning to think CircleDock is just an elaborate troll.

feline:

--- Quote from: N. N. on April 30, 2012, 09:02:44 AM ---http://nocookielaw.com/

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Well .. much interest  :D

But in fact .. the EU have the ECL and it's easy to implement that.
For the coming release of our Portal we have a option implemented to enable the ECL Mode. In this case any visitor (except spiders) must accept the storage of cookies before he/she can browse the site.
That (I think) is the best option and it's need only one Click more if you enter the site ...

Tony Reid:

--- Quote from: Roph on April 30, 2012, 09:54:17 AM ---I'm beginning to think CircleDock is just an elaborate troll.

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That's a bit unfair. I think he is pretty accurate, and you could adopt a strict approach like his suggestions. The wolf software he recommends is a good way to become compliant too.

My personal view is to work towards the guidance, and be open an honest to your users about everything. Including warn users about cookies and more importantly stop any third parties from using behavioural tricks on our users. As it stands currently, we have to do what they say - and if not then we have to prove that we are trying to be compliant.

I think the bit that gets people emotional is the fines. Yes there are fines 'UP TO' 500,000GBP, but even then you would have an enforcement notice to comply within x amount of time. Unless it is of an extremely serious nature(such as health records, mass credit card leakage etc) and then you get a 'stop now' enforcement.

And the 500k isn't specifically for the cookie law - as some would have you think. It's the max penalty the ICO can impose for breaches in all data protection related areas.


--- Quote ---Monetary penalty notices
A monetary penalty will only be appropriate in the most serious situations. When deciding the amount of a monetary penalty, the Commissioner not only takes into account the seriousness of the breach but also other factors including the size, financial and other resources of a data controller. It is not the purpose of a monetary penalty to impose undue financial hardship. The amount must not exceed £500,000 and is not kept by the Commissioner, but paid into the Consolidated Fund owned by HM Treasury.
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CircleDock:

--- Quote from: Tony Reid on April 24, 2012, 04:08:52 AM ---Incidentally - if anyone is using adsense, then they need to consider turning off behavioural 'Interest based ads'.

This can be done via Adsense > Allow and Block Ads > Advanced Settings > Interest Based Ads Preference.

The reason I mention this is because googles policy states that the cookies they drop for the site belong to the site, so they are our responsibility.

So, its just a precaution.

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Regardless of that setting, Google Adsense will still inject cookies but their content may be different.

Neither Adsense nor Analytics cookies the ICO categorise as being "essential" so one may need to consider allowing people to reject either or both - and that's one good reason for using the Wolf Software solution since it permits users to make a(n informed) choice.

To he who suggests I'm trolling: you are entitled to your opinion and, for all we know, the ECL may not even apply to you and your site. So maybe your comment was itself troll-like.

And as far as the "NoCookieLaw" website is concerned, its effectiveness can be demonstrated by the fact that the law will still be enforced as of May 26. The law is on the Statute books and it's far too late to protest against it. And those who do obviously care little for the privacy of those who visit websites.

CircleDock:
I have augmented Emanuele's "EU Cookie Law" modification by adding Geo-Location so that only visitors from within EU member states will need to agree to cookies, those from outside the EU won't be prompted and cookies will be set as before.

My changes are detailed in this post.

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