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General discussion (archive)Will GOG support EU's Cookies regulations / law?(18 posts)solved(18 posts)solved
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Posted May 12, 2012
Basically, websites will have to ask the user for permission to store cookies on his / her device. Can a blue minion or lord, give an official answer?

http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx
This question / problem has been solved by wpeggimage
Posted May 12, 2012
Don't be silly.

Firstly, it's not quite as simple as it being "Law". It is something that countries now have to interpret and integrate into their laws. Very few countries have, Britain is one of the few (3 I think) that is having a go at it, and making a complete mess of it. Who's going to enforce this law upon GOG? They don't have servers in the UK, so they're not in our jurisdiction

Secondly, it depends which half of Cyprus GOG is based in, if they're in the Turkish side then they're not in the EU.

Most importantly, the "law" as it stands from the EU is a complete mess, and has provided a convenient excuse for everyone to just totally ignore it.
Post edited May 12, 2012 by wpegg
Posted May 12, 2012
Nobody in the UK is even bothering to follow it the laws terribly written and doesn't work, each time the cookie is updated you have to request permission again each time the cookie is used you have to... and so on so online stores will be more "do you give permission" screens than anything else all people will do is move their server outside the country and cost some UK jobs
Posted May 12, 2012
The EU lawmaking body reminds me more and more of the Ministry of Silly Walks...
Posted May 12, 2012
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Elenarie: ...
What the heck happened to your nick? It's like you got a face transplant and now I'll never know who you are!
Posted May 12, 2012
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wodmarach: Nobody in the UK is even bothering to follow it the laws terribly written and doesn't work, each time the cookie is updated you have to request permission again each time the cookie is used you have to... and so on so online stores will be more "do you give permission" screens than anything else all people will do is move their server outside the country and cost some UK jobs
Can't they just ask once whether you want to allow that store to save cookies and leave it at that? How often do cookies get changed?
Posted May 12, 2012
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wpegg: Firstly, it's not quite as simple as it being "Law". It is something that countries now have to interpret and integrate into their laws. Very few countries have, Britain is one of the few (3 I think) that is having a go at it, and making a complete mess of it. Who's going to enforce this law upon GOG? They don't have servers in the UK, so they're not in our jurisdiction

Secondly, it depends which half of Cyprus GOG is based in, if they're in the Turkish side then they're not in the EU.
Directives have an implementation deadline. It might not be being considered right now, but eventually it almost certainly will.

I really doubt that GOG is based on the Turkish side of Cyprus.
Posted May 12, 2012
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FraterPerdurabo: Directives have an implementation deadline. It might not be being considered right now, but eventually it almost certainly will.
I think the deadline for this directive is this year, and countries aren't even starting to consider it. It should be interesting to see what happens, the legislation is practically unworkable, so member states are forced between the path the UK has taken of implementing a dummy law and turning a blind eye, or the path the others appear to be taking of non compliance.
Posted May 12, 2012
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wodmarach: Nobody in the UK is even bothering to follow it the laws terribly written and doesn't work, each time the cookie is updated you have to request permission again each time the cookie is used you have to... and so on so online stores will be more "do you give permission" screens than anything else all people will do is move their server outside the country and cost some UK jobs
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Pheace: Can't they just ask once whether you want to allow that store to save cookies and leave it at that? How often do cookies get changed?
only if it's for a service (and their definition of service does not include stores) and then only if it contains essential information only
Posted May 12, 2012
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Fenixp: What the heck happened to your nick? It's like you got a face transplant and now I'll never know who you are!
Asked Support to change it. I wanted to use this one from the beginning, but was too lazy to write them a support ticket.

Don't worry, I'm still the Blizzard fanboi you know. :p
Posted May 12, 2012
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wpegg: They don't have servers in the UK, so they're not in our jurisdiction
Minor point, GOG does technically have servers in the UK, that's where all their payment processing is handled. They don't actually have servers in Cyprus (to my knowledge), they are just incorporated there. Their download servers are all over the place, I actually get my downloads from a Canadian colo they use. Putting aside the silliness of this law, if it were to be enforced, GOG would very likely fall under its jurisdiction somewhere.
Post edited May 13, 2012 by Thiev
Posted May 13, 2012
The forum never fails to piss me off. Mistakenly marked a post as a reply, because of the stupid CSS hover.
Posted May 13, 2012
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Elenarie: The forum never fails to piss me off. Mistakenly marked a post as a reply, because of the stupid CSS hover.
Yeah, unmarking posts and crediting multiple posts were supposed to be added features a while ago, but it never happened. But hey, I'll take the unwarranted Rep, makes up for some of the unwarranted down reps I've gotten.
Posted May 13, 2012
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cogadh: Yeah, unmarking posts and crediting multiple posts were supposed to be added features a while ago, but it never happened. But hey, I'll take the unwarranted Rep, makes up for some of the unwarranted down reps I've gotten.
Rep is not the problem... I'll rep you up (that sounds weird) every time I see one of your posts, if you want to.

Just that people tend to ignore solved questions more compared to unsolved ones.
Posted May 13, 2012
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Elenarie: The forum never fails to piss me off. Mistakenly marked a post as a reply, because of the stupid CSS hover.
Fixed that for you.
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