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Privacy Commissioner examines EU cookie laws
By Liz Tay. IT News, July 4, 2011. "No Australian guidelines despite directive's May deadline.
Federal agencies are looking to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) for advice on Europe’s new 'opt in' approach to web cookies.
European Union (EU) member states were required to adopt the 2009 amendment (pdf) to the Directive 2002/58 on Privacy and Electronic Communication by 25 May.
The new rules require websites to obtain users' permission before storing or accessing information about them, unless that data is needed for services explicitly requested by the user..."
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Last updated: 6 July 2011Related Links
- EU Cookie Law - the definitive guide
- by Oliver Emberton. Silktide.com, 9 June 2011. "We've heard a lot of talk about the new EU Cookie Law, but little real information. So we made this book. We've aimed to be practical and comprehensive. We cover everything from the fine print of the law to the technologies that satisfy it in detail..."
- European Union requires websites to make users 'opt-in' to website cookies
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. "The EU Government's 2009 Directive banning "unnecessary" cookies in websites (if the site doesn't ask users to accept the cookie first) has just begun coming into effect - causing havoc and distress amongst European webmasters..."
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