Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe
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texte = dale wrote:> > Europe Goes After the Cookie> Reuters> 6:20 a.m. Oct. 31, 2001 PST> > LONDON -- The cookie, a simplistic identification tag that most Internet> users unknowingly carry when surfing the Web, runs the risk of being> outlawed under a proposed privacy directive from the European Commission.>And the European authorities can pound sand trying to enforce this. Are theyplanning on setting up mandatory proxy servers throughout Europe and filteringall cookies? Are they planning on highing border control agents for the 'Net?Talk about the Nanny State mentality!They don't even differentiate between session cookies (which is all I use), and site cookies, and cross-site tracking cookies. The latter are evil, the second are sometimes nice (think repeated logins without having to type apassword), and the first are required (AFAIAC).John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Paul Uttermohlen 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Glenn Busbin 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
- Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
- Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
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dale wrote:> > Europe Goes After the Cookie> Reuters> 6:20 a.m. Oct. 31, 2001 PST> > LONDON -- The cookie, a simplistic identification tag that most Internet> users unknowingly carry when surfing the Web, runs the risk of being> outlawed under a proposed privacy directive from the European Commission.>And the European authorities can pound sand trying to enforce this. Are theyplanning on setting up mandatory proxy servers throughout Europe and filteringall cookies? Are they planning on highing border control agents for the 'Net?Talk about the Nanny State mentality!They don't even differentiate between session cookies (which is all I use), and site cookies, and cross-site tracking cookies. The latter are evil, the second are sometimes nice (think repeated logins without having to type apassword), and the first are required (AFAIAC).John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------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/
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