EU Cookie Directive, is your Website Ready?24 May 2012 - by Web Wiz Hosting Team UK websites will be required to comply with the EU Cookie Directive as of this Saturday 26th May 2012. Is your website in compliance?
On the 26th of May 2011, the EU Cookie Directive became law. The UK Information Commissionaire’s Office (ICO) gave UK websites 12 months to comply with the new Directive. If your website is not in compliance you could be fined up to £500,000.
Under the EU Cookie Directive, any cookie deemed as 'non-essential' that is set by your website or through scripts embedded in your web pages will need to be opt-in and would require consent from the visitor before you can set cookies in their browser.
Many websites owners may not realise that their website set cookies, but if you use Google AdSense, Google Analytics or similar then your website will be settings cookies in the browsers of people visiting your website.
More information on the EU Cookie Directive and how to comply with the guidance can be found on the websites below:- www.ico.gov.uk www.cookielaw.org To help website owners comply with the EU Cookie Directive the cookiesdirective.com has an easy to install script you can add to your website.
If you are using our Web Wiz Forums software on your website you should make sure you are running version 10.11 or above and have the EU Cookie Directive Compliance enabled in your Forums settings. |
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