Cookie Law Myth-Busting

May 4th, 2012
Filed Under: Featured, Perspectives, Privacy

The deadline is looming. May 26, 2012 will mark the one-year anniversary of the “cookie law” coming into effect. Non-compliant businesses will soon run the risk of facing penalties from the ICO if they don’t meet the regulations.

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EU Privacy and Communications Directive Change In Effect

May 26th, 2011
Filed Under: Perspectives

With cookie legislation starting to finally appear (at least in the UK), it should be time for website owners to be taking action. Instead, they have been somewhat left in limbo by yesterday’s ICO statement that enforcement won’t begin for a year. While the twelve-month grace period will undoubtedly be welcomed by most, it does

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As the Cookie Crumbles: Europe’s New Data Privacy Law

July 19th, 2010
Filed Under: Perspectives

A European law concerning data privacy was voted through by the European Council on 24 November last year; it will be enforced across all 27 Euro states by April, 2011. Seven months on it is still causing debate and controversy amongst the online community. And more recently Europe’s privacy watchdog, The Article 29 Working Party,

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