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

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39915
interpreted = N
texte = On 11/6/01 10:11 AM, John Peacock 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 they > planning on setting up mandatory proxy servers throughout Europe and filtering > all cookies? Are they planning on highing border control agents for the 'Net? > Talk about the Nanny State mentality! True... But if they decided to take this route I suppose they would simply adopt the good old US motto... Sue them all.I could see a government trying to set laws within their own country regarding the legality of various things. Everything from technology to content. Its done all the time. But enforcement is usually left up to 2 possibilities:Enforcement on your own nationals. Relatively simple. Lord knows it happens in the US enough.OrPursuit for damages against international companies who violate the law by broadcasting content into international media. Truth is we all know that this is likely to be very difficult at best but it warrants exploration. I have quite a few ongoing customers that have 'localized' sites in multiple languages specifically for serving to international audiences. Even if the law were not enforceable for using technology outlawed, the financial impact of loss of business to blatant disregard for those laws or user preferences could be devastating. At the very least this type of action is very telling regarding the potential public opinion in other countries. We saw something similar to this with frames in Europe when they were first used and thus first abused. Never went anywhere though except we became very sensitive to the use of frames on internationally marketed sites. Fear technology! Man wasn't meant to fly or he would have wings...LOL;-)Alex Alex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10:11 AM, John Peacock 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 they > planning on setting up mandatory proxy servers throughout Europe and filtering > all cookies? Are they planning on highing border control agents for the 'Net? > Talk about the Nanny State mentality! True... But if they decided to take this route I suppose they would simply adopt the good old US motto... Sue them all.I could see a government trying to set laws within their own country regarding the legality of various things. Everything from technology to content. Its done all the time. But enforcement is usually left up to 2 possibilities:Enforcement on your own nationals. Relatively simple. Lord knows it happens in the US enough.OrPursuit for damages against international companies who violate the law by broadcasting content into international media. Truth is we all know that this is likely to be very difficult at best but it warrants exploration. I have quite a few ongoing customers that have 'localized' sites in multiple languages specifically for serving to international audiences. Even if the law were not enforceable for using technology outlawed, the financial impact of loss of business to blatant disregard for those laws or user preferences could be devastating. At the very least this type of action is very telling regarding the potential public opinion in other countries. We saw something similar to this with frames in Europe when they were first used and thus first abused. Never went anywhere though except we became very sensitive to the use of frames on internationally marketed sites. Fear technology! Man wasn't meant to fly or he would have wings...LOL;-)Alex Alex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Alex McCombie

DOWNLOAD WEBDNA NOW!

Top Articles:

Talk List

The WebDNA community talk-list is the best place to get some help: several hundred extremely proficient programmers with an excellent knowledge of WebDNA and an excellent spirit will deliver all the tips and tricks you can imagine...

Related Readings:

Great product and great job ! (1997) WebCatalog 4.0.2b5 available (2000) Database Strategy - more... (1998) Database field limit? (1998) japanese characters (1997) different show next (1997) Can't Update records (1997) Separate server for jpg/gif files (1998) Range search (2003) New Command prefs ... (1997) Separate SSL Server (1997) AutoReload? RequireComment? InterpretAll? (1999) WebDelivery: One step closer !! (1997) Re:listfiles-looking for slick solution (1997) [WebDNA] Basic Search - Fix (2008) WebCatalog NT beta 18 problem (1997) WebDNA-Talk Digest mode broken (1997) can you reassign loop index? (1998) No luck with taxes (1997) Big Databases (1997)