I have just read an interesting article from a server provider on the so called 'Cookie Law' about to be introduced into the EU & UK which I thought may be of interest to those of you in this region. The article is by Garry Byrne, managing director of digital agency Reading Room Ltd

Has anyone thought about the how this may impact a Concrete5 site? Will it have any impact at all?

The full post can be read herehttp://blog.ukfast.co.uk/2012/05/17/cookie-countdown-not-long-to-go...

But here are the opening paragraphs:
With the ‘cookie law’ due to come into force proper in just a few weeks – the 26th May 2012 to be exact – web masters and owners around the country are still somewhat at a loss as to what they should be doing to make sure that, on the morning of the 27th, they don’t find an enforcement notice in their inbox.

So, what actually is required of us to ensure that we don’t fall foul to the cookie law?

Firstly, it’s important to get clear in our minds what we mean when we talk about the cookie law. We’re all getting hung up on cookies and it’s reasonable to assume that any cookie is basically bad – there’s a law about it, after all… right?

Wrong. There is no cookie law. The EU Directive which has driven a change to the law in the UK is actually about privacy, not cookies; indeed it doesn’t actually explicitly mention cookies at all in the legislation.