The strangeworld of the EUCookie LawMatt SteelOnline ServiceDelivery ManagerWSCC – Capita Partnership

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The EU Cookie Law

"Toto. I 've a feeling we're not in Kansas

anymore.“

What are cookies

The official explanation: "Cookies are a general mechanism which server side connections (such as CGI scripts) can use to both store and retrieve information on the client side of the connection. The addition of a simple, persistent, client-side state significantly extends the capabilities of Web-based client/server applications.

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What is a cookie in alanguage I understand?

A cookie is information that a website puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time.

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Let’s put it like this

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90% of sites

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And this was how the web operated, until....

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EU Directive 2009

All cookies require prior consent before they can be used.

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By May 2011

3 out of the 27 Member states

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ICO to enforce

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Compliance?

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11th October 2012

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"Nobody in Europe should want to see DNT [do not track] standardisation stall or fail, it's in no one's interest. The cookie consent rules will be enforced and providers will have to comply. Nobody wants users who can't trust the web; nobody wants expensive ad-hoc solutions; nobody wants to be sued for illegal tracking." Neelie Kroes,

Vice-President of the European Commission

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West Sussex

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West Sussex

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Impact

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Any questions?

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Thank you

Matt Steel

matthew.steel@capita.co.uk

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