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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that the UK's law? If it was, they seemed to backtrack on it and say that it's fine as long as you mention it in your
by andyhmltn 13y ago
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that the UK's law? If it was, they seemed to backtrack on it and say that it's fine as long as you mention it in your site's TOS
- rmc 13y agoIt was an EU wide law. Each country implemented EU in similar but different ways.
- andyhmltn 13y agoThanks for that!
- reidrac 13y agoIt is a EU Directive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(European_Union) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(European_Union) AFAIK the EU dictates the result, not the means. UK's first implementation of the e-Privacy Directive was unfortunate, but I don't think it means the directive was a bad idea.
- rmc 13y agoAn "EU Directive" is a law, it's decided on in the same democratic manner that (say) UK laws are decided on. It's like how in the UK there are "Acts of Parliament" (i.e. laws). It's up to individual countries to implement the minimum, and likewise, each country will implement each one slightly different. The UK law and the EU Directive are basically the same, "It's illegal to do X, Y and Z unless you do W etc." There isn't really a mean/results differnce here.