The Information Commissioner has urged the public sector as well as private businesses to prepare for a new law coming into force in two months time requiring them to obtain consent from visitors to their websites to the use of cookies.
This requirement to obtain consent in order to store on and retrieve usage information from users’ computers follows an amendment to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. It will come into effect on 25 May 2011.
http://localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6059%3Aico-urges-public-sector-to-prepare-for-change-in-law-on-use-of-cookies&catid=59%3Agovernance-a-risk-articles&q=&Itemid=27
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Solicitor and Director
Act Now Training Limited
www.actnow.org.uk
www.informationlaw.org.uk
http://twitter.com/ActNowTraining
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