Nobody knows just how to interpret this, I mean come on, you'd not be able to do proper login systems, shopping baskets etc. It's what happens when you put politicians rather than engineers in charge of technical legislation. Does anybody know whether it also covers localstorage? Otherwise there's a clear migration strategy.
On Mar 8, 12:59 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/08/2011 12:51 PM, Vince O'Sullivan wrote:> - From 25 May, European laws > dictate that "explicit consent" must be > > gathered from web users who are being tracked via text files called > > "cookies". - > > > - Early work by the ICO suggests that gathering consent by changing > > settings on browsers may not be sophisticated enough for the demands > > of the directive. - > > >http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12668552 > > > Vince. > > It's a sensible topic, but I've got my doubts about the possible > solution. First, I'd like to know that the EU has intention to do after > 25 May if browser don't change. Second, with Firefox I've already > enabled the "always ask me" policy for cookies and I usually refuse > anything that I don't like. It's fine for me, but it's so intrusive that > I doubt any casual navigator would keep that settings. So, in general, I > think that things can be improved on this topic, but not so much. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
