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Microsoft Has Joined Google and Facebook in Plotting a Replacement for The Cookie

Oct 12, 2013

Microsoft has joined Google and Facebook in plotting a replacement for the cookie. For many years the humble cookie, a small text file that browsers download when they visit a web site, has been one of the mainstays of online advertising, ...

Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Cookie

The EU Cookie Law "Is a Disaster" According to HP's Privacy Officer EMEA

Jul 8, 2013

The EU cookie Law "is a disaster" according to HP's privacy officer EMEA, Daniel Pradelles. The law is part of the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, and means that websites need to obtain users' consent before ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

More Than Half of UK Organisations Are Still Not Compliant

May 30, 2013

More than half of UK organisations are still not compliant with the EU "cookie directive", a year after the legislation was introduced, according to consultants KPMG. It analysed 55 major UK organisations across the private and public ...

Tags: Computer Products

Target Can Offer Customers Discount Vouchers Over Social Networking Sites

May 9, 2013

US retail giant Target is rolling out a system that can offer customers discount vouchers over social networking sites in a bid to lure them back into bricks-and-mortar stores. The systems enables people to select the deals marketed to ...

Tags: US Retailer, Computer Products

CBR Talked with Chris Mathews to Give Consumers The Right to Be Forgotten Online

Feb 20, 2013

CBR talked with Chris Mathews, CTO at SysMech about the European Commission's proposal to give consumers the right to be forgotten online and how it will affect any company that deals with data. The European Commission's proposal to allow ...

Tags: data industry, internet, Google

80% of UK Websites Complying Are Still Not Compliant, a Study Shows

Dec 28, 2012

The number of UK websites complying with the newly enforced cookie law improved in the final month of the grace period, but 80% are still not compliant, a study shows. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure ...

Tags: UK, website, cookies, ICO

Website Owners Need to Obtain Consent to Use Cookies, Says Neelie Kroes

Dec 28, 2012

EC vice-president and leader of the digital agenda Neelie Kroes says website owners still need to obtain consent to use cookies,even if web users have browsers that offer'do not track'(DNT). Kroes,who is seeking a way for web users to opt ...

Tags: Cookie Law, obtain consent, use cookies

Most UK Website Users Are Choosing to Allow The Use of Third-Party Advertising Cookies

Dec 27, 2012

Most UK website users are choosing to allow the use of third-party advertising cookies, according to analysis of the impact of the so-called "cookie law". The UK regulation on the use of cookies, or small files containing browser ...

Tags: UK, Cookies, Website Users, Computer Products

SMEs in The UK up in Arms About Changes Made to Policy on Cookie Law

Dec 17, 2012

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure the sites obtain users' opt-in ...

Tags: SMEs, cookie law, UK

Computing Challenged Smith on The Question of Fines Back in January 2012

Sep 21, 2012

Deputy Information Commissioner David Smith has told Computing that,while he does not dispute the accuracy of figures to suggest a 1,000 per cent rise in UK public and private sector data breaches in the past five years,he is unsure ...

Tags: ICO, Computing, data breaches, NHS data

The Regulation on The Use of Cookies Derives From an Amendment to The EU's Privacy & ECD

Sep 7, 2012

Three months after the enforcement of the cookie law, only 12% of UK websites have implemented prominent privacy notices with robust cookie controls, a study has revealed. The regulation on the use of cookies derives from an amendment to ...

Tags: cookie law, cookie controls, websites, cookie privacy laws

NISA Has Fixed a Problem with Its Ordering Portal

Sep 6, 2012

Independent retailer and wholesaler NISA has fixed a problem with its ordering portal that could have lost it millions of pounds by implementing IT services provider Compuware's performance monitoring tool dynaTrace. Retailers need to ...

Tags: NISA, monitoring tool, iPad, retailer

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