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>For me it's not a credentials thing, though it is an identifying thing, just for easier database lookup to update the user's interaction with a site ie. pages
by chipperyman573 9y ago
>For me it's not a credentials thing, though it is an identifying thing, just for easier database lookup to update the user's interaction with a site ie. pages visited, scrolls, stuff clicked on... for data driven dev.
This is exactly what the law is targeting, using cookies to track users.
Realistically, as long as you don't and have no plans to do business in the UK (Edit: EU, not just the UK) you should be fine. But it can't hurt to put small notice to be safe.
- giobox 9y agoMy understanding is the rule comes from some form of EU legislation, in which case the issue is far more extensive than just the UK, ~500 million people.
- ge96 9y agoI asked about "soliciting" everyone or checking IP (despite proxy/vpn) so you don't get the prompt. It reminds me of those email-popups when I see a popup appear even in site not necessarily a window. Our site is deployed in the Philippines (though does no use a .ph domain) so I wonder if the UK thing would even apply. Currently no products/associated with the site so no "business" not even ads at this time.
- molecule 9y agoThat's correct. https://www.cookielaw.org/the-cookie-law/ https://www.cookielaw.org/the-cookie-law/ > It started as an EU Directive that was adopted by all EU countries in May 2011. The Directive gave individuals rights to refuse the use of cookies that reduce their online privacy. Each country then updated its own laws to comply. In the UK this meant an update to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. ... > All websites owned in the EU or targeted towards EU citizens, are now expected to comply with the law.
- ge96 9y agoNot tempting fate here, I will update the site(I'm pretty sure I will to be safe, at the risk of annoying users with a popup, possibly losing functionality on the site) with this in mind, what would they do? Fine me? Air lift me into a European prison? Haha that would be interesting.
- tpetry 9y agoIf you have no business in EU this law is not for you and you can ignore it. If you're in the EU you may get a fine if you're unlucky.
- ge96 9y agoThe whole part of business is "you made money through exploiting their otherwise personal information" ? Interesting... it's like when you sign up for those discount cards at stores, do I see some law somewhere that says "By the way we collect and sell your data for money which can potentially be used against you in the future to deny you health care..." I don't know... out of my field here... but. Interesting, probably worrying about nothing as usual. Like worrying about modifying the icons of big social media sites... what blog/website doesn't create their own version/theme of those buttons... Yeah I'm not clear on that definition of business, if your site has ads, it's meant for the Philippines, and a person in the EU visited your site, and you made money from those ads... is it my fault? Doesn't Google Adsense have to know the content of my site and the visitor to serve ads... Ahhhh
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- ge96 9y agoYeah it does seem contradicting, however in my case, no user sign up/don't know who exactly is visiting due to changing IP's. This is the point of the unique string in cookie It's mostly to update tracking data regarding site usage and not overwrite existing entries What does that mean to "track" haha, I don't mean location. Identifying... unique