Mar
30

UK Law on Cookie Use in 2011

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A new law is due to come into play in the UK during May, this law will make it necessary for any website owner to get explicit consent for a cookie to be placed on a users machine. This obviously would have a huge impact on any website which needs to identify a retuning visitor for any reason, so as you may expect, the affiliate community is getting very worried, as this could have a huge negative impact on their revenues. The Information Commissioner had said the new EU Directive would probably not come into effect until Autumn, however, the UK government is insistent that it be enforced by  [...]