>If the Government thinks it's acceptable to process our Census data in the US, I don't think we should worry too much about a list of email addresses being processed there.
If the Government decides that is their opinion alone, it should not be used as a green light for institutions to perform other actions that are not entirely similar.
>As you say all organisations should make up their own mind.
Based on the advice given to them by their own legal counsel of course.
The next big thing we have to worry about is the latest nonsense from the EU regarding cookies. If I'm reading the legislation and guidance correctly if you wish to store a cookie on a users machine - e.g. so you can "remember me" you need to get explicit consent. All well and good, but if they say no, then you can't give them a cookie to indicate that preference, you'll have to ask everyone, every time.
except, maybe...
Does this consent rule apply to every type of cookie?
The only exception to this rule is if what you are doing is 'strictly necessary' for a service requested by the user.
How on earth is anyone expected to work with that?
Does ticking a remember me box when you login mean that you're asking for a service that, in order to deliver, it *is* strictly necessary to store a cookie.
Under what circumstances would a cookie not be *strictly necessary* ?
http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/library/Privacy_and_electronic/Practical_application/advice_on_the_new_cookies_regulations.pdf
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