EU 'cookie consent law' comes into force Quote:
Laws requiring a website to ask users what data they consent to having stored about them online have come into effect.
A new code of conduct, introduced by the London office of the International Chamber of Commerce, aims to help businesses comply with the new EU legislation which has come into effect this weekend. Breaches of the code could cost companies £500,000.
The new law introduces four new categories for cookies, which the ICC suggests will be identified with four icons.
The Information Commissioner (ICO) had given British websites a year's grace period to comply with the new legislation, which expires this weekend.
The ICO has recently clarified that websites can rely on "implied consent" for some aspects, so long as sites are satisfied that users understand the overall terms to which they have agreed. The ICO's Dave Evans wrote in a blog post that sites "should not rely on the fact that users might have read a privacy policy that is perhaps hard to find or difficult to understand. In some circumstances, for example where you are collecting sensitive personal data such as health information, you might feel that explicit consent is more appropriate".
A new code of conduct, introduced by the London office of the International Chamber of Commerce, aims to help businesses comply with the new EU legislation which has come into effect this weekend. Breaches of the code could cost companies £500,000.
The new law introduces four new categories for cookies, which the ICC suggests will be identified with four icons.
The Information Commissioner (ICO) had given British websites a year's grace period to comply with the new legislation, which expires this weekend.
The ICO has recently clarified that websites can rely on "implied consent" for some aspects, so long as sites are satisfied that users understand the overall terms to which they have agreed. The ICO's Dave Evans wrote in a blog post that sites "should not rely on the fact that users might have read a privacy policy that is perhaps hard to find or difficult to understand. In some circumstances, for example where you are collecting sensitive personal data such as health information, you might feel that explicit consent is more appropriate".
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