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Browsers already have the ability to ask the user if they want to accept a cookie. So all this law did was reproduced browser functionality that has existed all

Browsers already have the ability to ask the user if they want to accept a cookie. So all this law did was reproduced browser functionality that has existed all the way back to Netscape. That all being said however, I'm not entirely sure it is "dead." The current legal standing from my understanding is a grey area...

kintamanimatt 14y ago
No, the law also prohibited use (without permission) of such things as flash cookies and cookie-like things stored in HTML5's web storage, HTTP ETags, IE userData storage, Silverlight isolated storage, etc. The browser has no control over these things, only standard HTTP cookies for which it is responsible.
- lucian1900 14y ago
  The browser has full control over HTML5 storage.
  - samastur 14y ago
    Yes, but browser's user generally doesn't (in easily accessible way).
    - onemorepassword 14y ago
      No it doesn't. It's impossible for ordinary users to distinguish between privacy invading tracking cookies and regular functional site cookies. Also, this doesn't form "informed consent". Users have no idea what the data is used for, and this is the key to this law. It's not about "cookies", that is just FUD. It's about being able to opt-in to very specific forms of gathering personal data. Browser functionality is neither opt-in nor informed.
    - lucian1900 14y ago
      At least on Chrome, they are displayed precisely in the same manner as cookies.
      - kintamanimatt 14y ago
        The user doesn't have the same fine-grained control. In the case of HTTP cookies you can control whether session cookies are permitted independently of whether persistent cookies are allowed. I believe no such control exists in the domain of local storage.
rmc 14y ago
The law allows you to use standard browser technology, however the default browser settings do not meet the minimum standards of "actually getting consent from the user".

kintamanimatt 14y ago

No, the law also prohibited use (without permission) of such things as flash cookies and cookie-like things stored in HTML5's web storage, HTTP ETags, IE userData storage, Silverlight isolated storage, etc. The browser has no control over these things, only standard HTTP cookies for which it is responsible.

lucian1900 14y ago
The browser has full control over HTML5 storage.
- samastur 14y ago
  Yes, but browser's user generally doesn't (in easily accessible way).
  - onemorepassword 14y ago
    No it doesn't. It's impossible for ordinary users to distinguish between privacy invading tracking cookies and regular functional site cookies. Also, this doesn't form "informed consent". Users have no idea what the data is used for, and this is the key to this law. It's not about "cookies", that is just FUD. It's about being able to opt-in to very specific forms of gathering personal data. Browser functionality is neither opt-in nor informed.
  - lucian1900 14y ago
    At least on Chrome, they are displayed precisely in the same manner as cookies.
    - kintamanimatt 14y ago
      The user doesn't have the same fine-grained control. In the case of HTTP cookies you can control whether session cookies are permitted independently of whether persistent cookies are allowed. I believe no such control exists in the domain of local storage.

rmc 14y ago

The law allows you to use standard browser technology, however the default browser settings do not meet the minimum standards of "actually getting consent from the user".