On Thu, 26 May 2011, Jon Warbrick wrote: > My take is that this approach was fine until today when (at least in theory) > the new regulations came into force. Unless all the BBC cookies are "strictly > necessary for the provision of an information society service" requested by > me then they now need to obtain my consent if they want to "store or gain > access to information stored" in my browser. At a quick look I don't think > all the BBC cookies fall under "strictly necessary" as interpreted by the > ICO's guidance ([1]). They have an article describing "How BBC Online will meet changes to UK cookie laws": http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/05/cookie_laws_changes.html -- Barry Cornelius http://www.northeastraces.com/ http://www.oxonpaths.com/ http://www.barrycornelius.com/