UK Info Commissioner inadvertently shows how cutting cookies kills traffic http://j.mp/mRgs0w (This message on Google+)
- - - http://j.mp/kvwfzF (BBC) "Remember the warning that an EU directive on cookies was going to destroy any hope that British web firms could compete with their American rivals? That was an over-reaction, according to consumer groups and regulators - but now the body that oversees compliance with the directive appears to have proved the point. Because, by doing what the directive says, it's managed to cut recorded traffic to its site by as much as 90%." - - - Reference: Do-Not-Track, Doctor Who, and a Constellation of Confusion (White Paper) http://j.mp/kklr7o (Lauren's Blog) --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://j.mp/laurenbuzz Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
