[ZendTo] Re: EU Cookies Directive

[Jules]

As far as I know, where cookies are session cookies for the purposes of 
being logged in to a website, they are exempt.

I'll try to find some evidence to back up this statement.

Jules.

On 20/04/2012 11:55, Nigel Kendrick wrote:
> Not according to this article - it seems best to assume you need to 
> cover yourself although I can't see the whole world being sued for the 
> sake of a session cookie or two, but as the person who would be in the 
> firing line I am happy to cover my ass.
>
> http://www.pubcon.com/ico-david-evans-explains-uk-cookies-compliance
>
> "*1. Can we get clarification as to whether session cookies that are 
> stored in the browser memory and not physically in a file are subject 
> to the law?*
>
>  I think technically speaking the law doesn't differentiate between 
> different types of cookie, so in other words if it's something stored 
> on a device - whether its in a file or a browser - then it is caught, 
> if you like, by this law. ...[snip]...So, the short answer is yes they 
> are caught, but the slightly longer answer is that clearly we will 
> take that into account when people are trying to comply with this law. "
>
>
>
> On 20 April 2012 11:21, Alexander Fisher <alex at alexfisher.me.uk 
> <mailto:alex at alexfisher.me.uk>> wrote:
>
>     On 20 April 2012 10:56, Nigel Kendrick <linker3000 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:linker3000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Hi Jules, everyone,
>     >
>     > As far as I can tell, the Zendto site uses a session cookie and
>     so needs to
>     > comply with the EU Directive relating to site cookies. I can
>     lash up my own
>     > disclaimer/'I agree to cookies' front-end, but this is unlikely
>     to survive
>     > site updates so is there a chance of anything official being
>     added in the
>     > near future.
>
>     I'm pretty sure these cookies are exempt.
>
>     Where a cookie is 'strictly necessary' in order to provide the
>     service, you don't need to get consent.
>     http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx
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