Just one item on the agenda this Friday morn at the Castle.
I have had quite a few emails and a comment from Bernard
about this pain in the arse E (IEIO) U cookie law thing.
To be honest I am just as confused as most people, but after
a lot of “Google-ing” and poking with a stick I think I may have it
cracked-sort of.
I have picked and packed stuff from all over the net thingy.
First up, if you are a blogger all you probably need to do
is tell your visitors how your blog uses cookies and the reason why;
Create a “privacy
and cookie policy” and bung it on the footer of the home page (or all
pages if you are very pedantic) of your site.
Your
cookie policy should explain:
What cookies you
use and why-“This site uses Google Analytics cookies which help me to
understand who is brain dead enough to visit my site, and what content they
read, so I can improve the site for my readers.” (Which is bollocks but it
sounds good).
The cookie is only
used for the duration of your visit, and will expire when you close your web
browser.”
Most browsers allow
users to choose to not receive cookies. If you would prefer not to receive
cookies from this site, please see http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
for information on how to set your browser not to receive cookies and delete
existing cookies.” (After you have clicked on the “cookie" yes box so that you
can actually read the bloody site)
Tell anyone daft
enough to actually visit your blog that by continuing to use your website
without changing their browser preferences, they are consenting to your use of
cookies, and this means they will benefit from all the wonderful content you
have copied and pasted….
The above text is
only for guidance and should be edited to your own requirements.
But if you do bar
cookies and delete existing ones any sites you have visited will not remember
you and any passwords/information that have been saved will be lost if you revisit.
Or another
option is to have a small portion of header/footer text that is highlighted
when a cookie is about to be set (this is what the ICO now does on its own
website, after it managed a
90% fall in traffic by ballsing up the popup).
As to clicking on the Cookie thingy on other sites-basically if you don't say "Yes" to the cookies you won't be able to visit the site which before this Piss Poor "Law" used cookies to track your visits etc.
Or like
me you can do bugger all and wait to see what happens, saving yourself a lot of
fucking around…
Angus
