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Just to add, additionally, you can still track users just fine without cookies. You can uniquely identify pretty much everyone on the internet by their browser
by mibbitier 14y ago
Just to add, additionally, you can still track users just fine without cookies.
You can uniquely identify pretty much everyone on the internet by their browser version/plugins/etc etc, then do a callback with the info, store that serverside.
So if a user clicks to disable cookies, you can just fall back to tracking them via other methods if you really want to.
Having any policy around 'cookies' is idiotic and shows just how non-technical the government/politicians are.
- aidos 14y agoIt's not just cookies though. I believe they say it applies to all tracking technology, now or in the future.
- dvd03 14y agoThere is a clear distinction between active and passive tracking. The law applies to active tracking, whereby something is stored on a user's computer and this something is subsequently retrieved/read. Cookie tracking is a form of active tracking. Passive tracking, whereby nothing is first stored on a user's computer, is not covered by the law. Indeed, it is difficult to see how it could ever be covered.
- mibbitier 14y agoIf tracking is done on the server, how would anyone know/be able to prove that it is taking place?