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EU law banning cookies...

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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen:
The directive is first and foremost about ADVERTISING, and it is a directive - Directive is not law.
The directive is not a law, does not ban cookies and does not apply to cookies during log-ins or cookies issued as part of a shopping cart.

sawz:
i like chocolate chip and pecan sandies.  ;)

live627:
if my cookies are banished I'd go hungry O_o

青山 素子:
Based on what I've read on the law:

* It only covers cookies used to track users
* It only applies to 3rd party cookies (those not coming from your site directly, but through something like an advertising network)
* Exceptions are given for cookies "strictly necessary in order for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide the service"
This means that SMF by itself wouldn't run into any problems. Any cookies set are used to provide service, such as marking you as banned (this prevents an expensive database lookup) or keeping your session ID.

Any cookies added by an owner directly or indirectly, such as through an advertising service, would possibly need to be disclaimed. That is the responsibility of the site owner as they added such a thing.

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen:
Also - Please, remember that EU directives are not law. EU directives are something that most EU countries use as recommendations to write local law, but are not bound to accept directives as law 1:1.

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