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Digesting cookies

Posted by: Ade Adewunmi - former Head of Data Infrastructure, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 23 May 2012 - Categories: Data

An understanding of how cookies work is the first step in helping people to make informed decisions about the impact of these technologies on their online privacy.

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It's not about cookies, it's about privacy

Posted by: Dafydd Vaughan, Posted on: 19 March 2012 - Categories: GOV.UK, Technology

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 which came into effect last year has presented UK website owners with a few challenges in moving to compliance. Those of us who work on public sector websites are no …

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