BOINC stores a cookie only when users log in, and this could be viewed as "explicitly requesting a particular service", and therefore not requiring explicit consent.
In any case, I think it would suffice to add text to the login page saying that logging in uses cookies. -- David On 08-Mar-2012 2:16 AM, Jonathan Miller wrote: > Along similar lines, there are EU requirements regarding the collection of > cookie data, introduced by the EU, which affects all EU-based projects. > > The UK's take on it is guided by this doc: > http://www.ico.gov.uk/.../advice_on_the_new_cookies_regulations.pdf > > Essentially, any application that stores cookie data needs to inform the user > of what they store and the purposes to which the data will be put. > > In the UK we are told that these rules will begin being enforced in a couple > of months. > > Here is a site that seeks to address the issue in a practical manner: > > http://www.civicuk.com/cookie-law/index > > > Jonathan Miller System Administrator Climate Prediction dot Net, University > of Oxford Tel: 01865 610680 > > > > > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, > visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
