Cookies & the PECR

Presentation Synopsis

Cookies are starting to hit the headlines again as the UK deadline for meeting the EU Cookies directive draws nearer. The UK government had revised the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, which came into force in the UK on 26 May, to address new EU requirements. The Regulations make clear that UK businesses and organisations running websites in the UK need to get consent from visitors to their websites in order to store cookies on users’ computers, the ICO gave a year’s grace period starting the 26 May 2011 for companies to become compliant with new guidelines provided by the Information Commissioner Office.

The presentation covers what are cookies, how web sites use them, how the “The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003” affect cookies and what is happening in the UK about cookies. Will include what the ICO has been saying about implementation of the cookie directive.

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