tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post3133425598699001136..comments2023-06-28T16:58:41.189+02:00Comments on Web Reflection: The European's Cookie Law AbsurdityAndrea Giammarchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277820774810688474noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post-35839206838438363872015-06-06T19:06:41.001+02:002015-06-06T19:06:41.001+02:00I remember when this law came out I though, yes, o...I remember when this law came out I though, yes, of course politicians asked people to change all the existing websites, involving all the existing developers, which can also have lost access to some website where they results as the legal owner (...) to implement their solution (everyone of course will found a different way to show it) instead of asking 6 browser vendors (ok, let's say 20 to include the more obscure one) to show that in the browser in a unique / intelligent way.<br /><br />I obviously had too to implement the banner in a day, and since if you store the information in the cookie by law you have to have a page explaining what is the key and what it does, and that required passing through at least 3 different people, I decided to use window.name instead ...<br /><br />nice post about some of the reasons why this law is stupid and shouldn't exist, or at least it could have been solved by working with the browser vendors instead of imposing solutions without thinking of the background of the technology and the possible consequences. kentaromiurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01628828429767241919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post-55177647448497405632015-06-06T17:50:09.079+02:002015-06-06T17:50:09.079+02:00You may enjoy this blog post, where a colleague he...You may enjoy this blog post, where a colleague here in the UK confirmed that the cookie law conflicts directly with disability law. https://idea15.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/the-cookie-law-informed-consent-and-disability/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com