Once again, this is non-news, only made into news because of the ongoing anti-EU FUD. The basis of the EU directive is sound. Actually turning it into (enforce

Once again, this is non-news, only made into news because of the ongoing anti-EU FUD. The basis of the EU directive is sound. Actually turning it into (enforceable) legislation is the hard part. Most regulatory bodies in the EU consider it an iterative process to be figured out in cooperation with the industry, and nobody is planning to start doling out fines in the near future. However, the industry's arrogant attitude of doing fuck-all until the law comes down on them is not going to help. Lack of self-regulation and blatantly ignoring the principles of existing privacy laws is what triggered EU intervention in the first place. Basically this whole scare mongering about bureaucratic "anti-cookie" laws is just a self-fulfilling prophecy.