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[WIP/BETA] EU cookie law
martec:
--- Quote from: Arantor on May 26, 2012, 07:52:46 AM ---Well, XenForo is particularly relevant, it's a paid forum software based primarily (entirely?) in the UK and they've not made any active moves towards it at all.
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mybb is free but has plugin hxxp:mattrogowski.co.uk/mybb/plugins/plugin/cookie-law [nonactive]
Arantor:
With all due respect, that's not the point.
The point is XenForo is a UK-based forum software, whereas MyBB isn't. And XenForo is not making any moves that I can see towards changing their situation.
CircleDock:
--- Quote from: martec on May 26, 2012, 10:11:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Arantor on May 26, 2012, 07:52:46 AM ---Well, XenForo is particularly relevant, it's a paid forum software based primarily (entirely?) in the UK and they've not made any active moves towards it at all.
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mybb is free but has plugin http://mattrogowski.co.uk/mybb/plugins/plugin/cookie-law
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Well that plug-in doesn't work, I received 3 cookies just to read the cookie warning message. It also sets a cookie if you decline to accept them!
JohnS:
Given the 11th hour update allowing implied consent I have now just gone for the Google solution, a simple javascript and one line in the template which requires all first time visitors to agree to cookies or get diverted back to another site of your choice, with of course a link to the privacy page which defines what cookies are used.
Whilst it may not fully fill the letter of the law, I feel it is enough to fill the meaning of the directive.
http://code.google.com/p/cookie-warning/
Arantor:
Funnily enough that won't prevent search engines like Google getting to your site, and anyone who has JS disabled won't even see it anyway, but it's probably acceptable in the eyes of the law because you're making reasonable attempts to do so (though the cookie still gets *set* anyway)
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