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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on March 30, 2013, 07:24:09 pm

Title: Cookie policy website
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on March 30, 2013, 07:24:09 pm
Who has a cookie policy on their website. Its law you know  :)
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: PoleKing on March 31, 2013, 12:36:52 am
only if you use cookies
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: rosskesava on March 31, 2013, 12:59:24 am
I don't eat cookies. I'm not into that American stuff.

Ginger nuts are my favourite and Lidl's ginger nuts are ace.
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on March 31, 2013, 02:26:35 am
only if you use cookies

Your site leaves a cookie behind. Whether you use that cookie and the info contained within it is irrelevant. You're still meant to give any visitor to your site the option to consent to that cookie.
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: formb on March 31, 2013, 08:45:18 am
Does this site have one?
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on March 31, 2013, 10:15:06 am
No.
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: PoleKing on March 31, 2013, 01:43:45 pm
only if you use cookies

Your site leaves a cookie behind. Whether you use that cookie and the info contained within it is irrelevant. You're still meant to give any visitor to your site the option to consent to that cookie.

didn't know that.
i thought the info was harvested.
stand corrected though, thanks.

i'll put a cookie policy if i get told to by someone with a bit of authority but otherwise, i'll leave it as is for now.
not doing any harm, really
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: formb on March 31, 2013, 01:54:12 pm
I think that not having a cookie policy can effect your Google page ranking.
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: AshWhite on March 31, 2013, 02:03:24 pm
only if you use cookies

Your site leaves a cookie behind. Whether you use that cookie and the info contained within it is irrelevant. You're still meant to give any visitor to your site the option to consent to that cookie.

That's not quite right. Lots of cookies are exempt - including the ones used in this type of industry. This is from the Information Commissioners Office website:

“In June 2012, European data protection authorities (as part of the Article 29 Working Party) adopted an opinion which clarifies that some cookie uses might be exempt from the requirement to gain consent:

Some cookies can be exempted from informed consent under certain conditions if they are not used for additional purposes. These cookies include cookies used to keep track of a user’s input when filling online forms or as a shopping card, also known as session-id cookies, multimedia player session cookies and user interface customisation cookies, eg language preference cookies to remember the language selected by the user.
First party analytics cookies are not likely to create a privacy risk if websites provide clear information about the cookies to users and privacy safeguards, eg a user friendly mechanism to opt out from any data collection and where they ensure that identifiable information is anonymised.”
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: PoleKing on March 31, 2013, 07:48:49 pm
Soapy-how does that work?
I can't see how it would affect ranking?
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: formb on March 31, 2013, 08:19:04 pm
My old website got pulled from Google altogether as it had no privacy policy. They have crawlers that look for that type of thing.

Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: formb on March 31, 2013, 08:23:06 pm
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34439
Title: Re: Cookie policy website
Post by: PoleKing on March 31, 2013, 10:46:15 pm
cheers bud. Had no idea about that.
I'll still wait to be penalised re cookies but always good to know.

thanks for the info.
regards, Darren