Recent developments in the UK and the EU could greatly expand the scope of the cookie rules. This expansion is problematic as the cookie rules take a blunt and binary approach. Either the use case falls within a narrowly defined exception, or GDPR-standard consent is needed. We dive into the tangled legal and technical issues raised by this change.
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UK and EU – Cookie rules to become the “law of everything”?
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