On 10 May 2011, at 14:14, HARRIS TONY wrote:
> We all remember the damage to HM government from the missing CD's a few years back, I wouldn't wish that kind of adverse publicity to affect the museum sector.
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.
Don't forget Flickr & Facebook et al are all US based too.
As you say all organisations should make up their own mind.
:)
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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