Category Archives: Cookies Directive

Taking a lead on privacy??

Posted on October 14, 2012 by

Two related stories about privacy and tracking are doing the rounds at the moment: both show the problems that companies are having in taking any sort of lead on privacy. The first is about Apple, and the much discussed recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Cookies Directive, Microsoft, Online Behavioural Advertising, Privacy International, Profiling | Leave a comment

Annoyed by those cookie warnings?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

…spread your anger! I’m sure you know the warnings I’m talking about – at least you do if you’re in the European Union. Warnings that appear almost every time you look at a new page on the web, telling you … Continue reading →

Posted in consent, Cookies Directive, Internet, Phorm, Privacy | 7 Comments

10 things I hate about the ICO

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

With apologies to William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and many more… 10 things I hate about the ICO I hate the way you ask for teeth but seem afraid to biteI hate the way you think … Continue reading →

Posted in Cookies Directive, ICO, Privacy, Privacy International | 7 Comments

Out of the mouths of Europeans?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

We in Britain can often be highly suspicious of things that come out of Europe – and particularly so when it comes to laws. There’s a level of distrust, a degree of distain and sometimes a sense that these ‘continentals’ … Continue reading →

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