On 20 Mar 2012, at 08:37, Tim Trent wrote:
> The linked advice seems to have been written by Sir Humphrey Appleby :)
>
> It makes a good read. It implied that use of (eg) Google Analytics will be ignored. But we must remember that it is not the law, and that the ICO is a prosecution authority in its own right.
>
> Is it likely that one can be prosecuted for adhering to that advice? No. Is it possible? Yes.
I'm reading this:
The ICO guidance supports this view as it states “...it is highly unlikely that priority for any formal
action would be given to focusing on uses of cookies where there is a low level of intrusiveness
and risk of harm to individuals. Provided clear information is given about their activities
we are unlikely to prioritise first-party cookies used only for analytical purposes in any
consideration of regulatory action”
and thinking that if full disclosure is available and a statement to the effect that continuing to use the website indicates your consent to our use of these cookies... might be enough to satisfy.
Of course you can add a cookie to the users machine to indicate that they don't want any tracking, and then you could exclude them from the site on that basis.
:)
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