Uk and Eu cookie compliance

Hi 

After searching the forums and general searches on the cookie compliance policy for the Uk that comes into force on the 26th may 2012, i haven't been able to find anything relating to dolphin integration.

Has anyone implemented this on their dolphin site, or does anyone know if there is either a module or script available or in development for d7.

for anyone interested in reading more here is a link explaning more

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/beginners-guide-new-cookie-law

Hello hope this helps

upload the cookie.js file that is attached below and place file in the inc/js folder

paste this into templates/base/_header.html

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>

before the</head> tag

then

paste this into the templates/base  _footer.html edit the highlighted text to your web site url

<script src="http://www.YOURWEBSITEHERE.com/inc/js/cookie.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"> function sb_cdW(){ sb_scriptAppend('/google.js','head'); } </script>
<script type="text/javascript"> cookiesDirective('top','EXMPL'); </script>

before the </body> tag

Have been playing with it for couple of days and does not appear to affect the way site works dolphin 7:09

should cover you for lose legal requirements across Europe .

YOU GET THIS DROP DOWN BOX AT TOP OF SITE

HAPPY THOUGHTS

thank you. i installed and it works fine.

only problem i can see is i was using esase's kids protect splash page on one of my sites. Now i have installed this it has stopped working.

is there any way i can set the cookie popup to open after the splash page or vice-versa.

Cheers

only way that I know to have the kids popup first would be to have an index.html landing page .

The EU java will over ride everything .

If you hunt about on the web there are some js that push the whole page down instead of overlaying page ..

Happy thoughts

Ok cheers for the advice. ill have a search about. ill probably just add a disclaimer to the top of the page under the login for now.

thank you for your help

If this is the same silly law as was implemented here in Scandinavia last year I would really not pay too much attention to it. Especially not with an annoying and ugly popup.

There is not a chance in the universe that all pages in UK will implement these kinds of popups.

What happened here after this law was passed was a bit of a fuss about popups then nothing happened. I have only seen one page use it and that is the governments site, and that one came up after 6 months of braking the law that they themselves put into place.

The rest of the sites/companies and state and governmental pages do not use these silly popups. Not even the police..

They all have the same old "we use cookies" link somewhere.

So if you are not the government you should chill out a bit about it :)

Eric

What was pretty funny about the Swedish government's site though, was that if you clicked "I do not agree that you store cookies on my computer" it stored a cookie on your computer to keep track of that decision :)

*edit*

I just checked their site again, and now you can not even choose "I do not agree that you store cookies on my computer", you can only "agree". But even if you do not click "agree" 2 cookies are stored when you just load the page..

On the Swedish Supreme Court's homepage:

You first have to click on a small link in the footer "about web page" then you have to click on "about cookies". There they basically say that they have to inform you about their cookie usage (if you find the info) and that you should consult your browsers manual if you want to disallow it..

And as I said, we passed this law a year ago..

Yes it is the same silly eu law just implemented this month in UK .

I am sure that the powers that be will be uninterested in prosecutions but the news in uk is significantly pumping the fact that it is new law and sites that do not have the" we use cookies warning"

please except

are not to be trusted !!!! and us brits are much more anal than you laid Scandinavians No one in Europe paid any attention to the bent banana rule but we did :O)

and there are 3 million .co.uk sites that all want to pay to have it installed :O)

Happy thoughts

Nice one Mingle :)

Seems like pretty much most UK sites I visit have cookie control appear in the last few weeks.

Lots of folks say it's not a good law - but I'll bet they're the first to clear out cookies from their browser - most people who know what cookies are, do!

nice one, works well for me on 7.1

First I heard of the UK/EU cookie law.  I am not located in the UK/EU but do have members from those areas.  How about a CYA of "if you want to join this site; first party, second party, third party and any party may be setting a cookie on your computer and it is up to you to block those that you don't want.  Otherwise, don't join".

So what does this cookie law mean?  You can not set a cookie unless the visitor clicks on an "OK, set a cookie"?

It means you have to tell your European visitors that your site works by using cookies and they have to acknowledge this so you as a webmaster are covered.

Which brings up an interesting but mute point regarding the new boonex advert pop up who would be legally responsible for the compliance notice boonex or the web master as if using the free script boonex takes the cookie control away from the web master so would boonex be held responsible if the script is distributed to web masters in Europe..?

I know dolphin is dependent on cookies any way .......

Happy thoughts

Yea. I still think that law cannot possibly stick, i don't even believe it can be enforced. It's like the law makers have no clue how websites work.

Pretty much all but the most simplistic of websites use cookies. And are dependent on them or the site just does not work.

I am not worried because I am not under UK law and my server is not located in the UK.

I can understand the concern with cookies; mainly the tracking cookies.  The UK should have make it illegal for a company to place tracking cookies; problem solved; go after the companies trying to track your every move.  Oh wait, that would include FaceSucks.

I am located in the EU {Netherlands} and the cookie law will be changed soon.
Only a statemend of the use of cookies on your website will be enough.
On top or at the bottum of index or splash screen will do it.
A simple line of text that says you are using cookies on startup

People who join | Login accept the cookies and that's that!!

In the United Kingdom, Last month  the ICO gave advance notice that they were going to change their website to an implied consent model of cookie law compliance.

Anyone in the UK wanting to play safe now has a model to follow that is pretty much guaranteed to protect them from enforcement action.  There would have to be a very strong case made against someone that simply copied what the ICO has done.

So what is the essence of their approach?

• They have a prominent, first line banner notice that shows up for all visitors, telling them that cookies are being used.
• This links through to a more detailed information page, where we get a categorised description of the different uses of cookies, along with a listing of the cookie IDs.
• They then provide on-page functionality to refuse the acceptance of cookies, and block them for future visits.

The approach is simple, practical and straightforward.  Pretty much any website copying this model should find itself safe from enforcement with minimal disruption to the user experience unless visitors are actively interested in engaging and controlling their privacy, as is their right.

 To meet EU cookie law (e-Privacy Directive) and the The UK Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011. We have been using the solution supplied above by mingle for nearly a year with no complaints and minimal disruption to the user experience.

Further information:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx

If someone needs a solution, I can offer help about how to do it to be in safe site regarding this stupid EU cookies  law...

Regards

Mayki

We have created a dedicated module for Dolphin.

You can see it at work on our demo site http://dolphinextensions.com

The module is not available on the market because we are waiting more feedback.

If you want to report something, you can write on this forum:

http://www.boonex.com/forums/topic/Cookie-Law.htm