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[ NNSquad ] What the EU's nutty new cookie rules look like on Web sites
What the EU's nutty new cookie rules look like on Web sites - - - OK gang, this one had me laughing out loud -- and that's a pretty good trick given the mood I'm in much of the time these days. As you know, the European Union has gone wacko on new Web cookie rules, practically declaring cookies to be Public Enemy #1. It's utterly insane. But what do these rules actually lead to on real Web sites? The main British Telecom site is a good example. When you first touch the home page, you get a pop-up warning of cookie changes, which then leads you optionally to an explanation page which is straight out of Kafka. This is supposed to make the user experience better? Ordinary users are supposed to understand and act on this information? http://j.mp/KL6ZVP (BT) Cookies + Politicians + Bureaucrats = "We're All Bozos on This Bus" Laugh Out Loud, indeed. Too bad it's not really funny, at all. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad