Cookie law: UK websites must seek consent from this weekend
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 26/05/2012 14:56
Friday marks the last working day for UK businesses to prepare their websites for a new law governing the use of cookies.
From Sunday, sites must obtain "informed consent" from visitors before saving cookies on a machine.
Cookies are pieces of personal data stored when users browse the web, sometimes to power advertising.
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is to launch a tool for the public to report non-compliant sites.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18194235
