The EU Cookie Directive — an update

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Following on from my recent post about the EU Cookie Directive (and an email my agency sent to clients in the run up to May 26th) I thought I would update readers on changes in the Information Commisssioner’s Office (ICO) approach to enforcement. On May 24th, just two days before the compliance due date, the ICO changed its position regarding … Read More

The EU cookie directive — unnecessary and futile, but it’s the law

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On the 26th May, Arti­cle 5(3) of the Direc­tive 2002/58/EC of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil of 12 July 2002 con­cern­ing the pro­cess­ing of per­sonal data and the pro­tec­tion of pri­vacy in the elec­tronic com­mu­ni­ca­tions sec­tor (amended Decem­ber 25th 2009) — more commonly known as the EU cookie directive — will come into force in the UK. This … Read More