And there was much rejoicing.
On 26 May 2012, at 09:39, Jeremy Ottevanger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hahahahahahaha!
>
> Thanks for that Mia. Priceless :-)
>
> Cheers, Jeremy
>
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> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mia
> Sent: 26 May 2012 09:35
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> Subject: [MCG] 'Cookies law changed at 11th hour to introduce 'implied consent''
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> From the Guardian: 'New EU regulations on the use by British websites of cookies have been watered down by the UK's information commissioner just hours before they were due to come into force.
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> But they could mean that Britain is out of step with EU law in its implementation of the continent-wide directives, and lead to fights with European courts.
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> In an updated version of its advice for websites on how to use cookies – small text files that are stored on the user's computer and can identify them – the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said that websites can assume that users have consented to their use of them.
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> The advice was only updated on Thursday, 48 hours before the deadline for implementing the new rules, and published the next day.
>
> ...
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> The use of "implied consent" shifts responsibility to the user rather than the website operator, and will come as a relief to thousands of website operators who have been struggling to comply with new EU directives which came into law a year ago.'
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> Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/26/cookies-law-changed-implied-consent
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> Cheers, Mia
>
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