Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe

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2001


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numero = 39916
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texte = On 11/6/01 9:19 AM, dale wrote:> All they would have to do is knock on your door after logging into your site > to see you are using cookies. A pretty simple traceroute can show that a > server is located in the EU. Then show up at your business or co-loc > facility and instruct you or the co-loc folks to pull the plug on the server > until it adheres to the law. And if you refuse, simple take you to the > police station - after they pull the plug and/or take your servers away. This doesn't make any sense, then I would just park my server in Moscow. Drive some of your server business out of the EU. Besides not all cookies are intrusive on privacy, sometimes they are just helpful. Hell most apps Microsofts store solutions, WebObjects, etc require the use of cookies, at least session cookies.That's like outlawing doors, because people could invade your house by walking through them.Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  2. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  3. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  4. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Paul Uttermohlen 2001)
  5. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  6. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  7. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  8. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  9. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  10. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Glenn Busbin 2001)
  11. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  12. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  13. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
  14. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  15. Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
On 11/6/01 9:19 AM, dale wrote:> All they would have to do is knock on your door after logging into your site > to see you are using cookies. A pretty simple traceroute can show that a > server is located in the EU. Then show up at your business or co-loc > facility and instruct you or the co-loc folks to pull the plug on the server > until it adheres to the law. And if you refuse, simple take you to the > police station - after they pull the plug and/or take your servers away. This doesn't make any sense, then I would just park my server in Moscow. Drive some of your server business out of the EU. Besides not all cookies are intrusive on privacy, sometimes they are just helpful. Hell most apps Microsofts store solutions, WebObjects, etc require the use of cookies, at least session cookies.That's like outlawing doors, because people could invade your house by walking through them.Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Bob Minor

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