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There is no "cookie law". Nothing in the law has to do anything specifically with cookies.
by _pmf_ 6y ago
There is no "cookie law". Nothing in the law has to do anything specifically with cookies.
- ratww 6y agoThis is correct in GDPR. This is why you can’t use something like LocalStorage, ETags or something else as a loophole.
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- allover 6y agoThis is not correct, in the UK at least. Similar technologies like LocalStorage fall under cookie law. [1] [1] https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-a...
- allover 6y agoParent edited their comment from "can" to "can't", and I got downvoted, yikes.
- Nursie 6y agoNo, you can't, because the law concerns itself with data storage and processing, not whether you are using a cookie.
- ratww 6y agoAh that was a brain fart moment, sorry. I meant to say you cannot use, GDPR is something I handle daily. Thanks for correcting, I amended the answer.
- allover 6y agoThere absolutely is a cookie law. The UK legislation is "PECR" [1] which sits alongside the GDPR. > PECR are the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. Their full title is The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. > They are derived from European law. They implement European Directive 2002/58/EC, also known as ‘the e-privacy Directive’. > PECR cover several areas: > The use of cookies or similar technologies that track information about people accessing a website or other electronic service. See "How does this fit with the GDPR?" for how the two relate, tl;dr: > The GDPR does not replace PECR, although it changes the underlying definition of consent. Existing PECR rules continue to apply, but using the new GDPR standard of consent. [1] https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/what-are-pecr/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/what-are-...