cookie legislation compliance

invitation2events · Member · Sep 28, 2012 at 8:33 am
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The law requiring websites to gain explicit consent before storing cookies on users computers was passed in May 2011 but the ICO granted firms a year to comply before prosecuting any cases.The ICO is taking a relaxed approach to analytics. Their guidance is that analytics cookies are fairly unintrusive and that therefore, as long as you inform users about their use, explicit consent is not required.

There is a plug in from CIVIC that is available for use with WordPress, but I cannot see how to add it to my site.

Now I read that WordPress.com do not allow plug ins to be added.

My question is therefore
HOW DO YOU COMPLY WITH THE THE COOKIE LEGISLATION WHEN WORDPRESS WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO THEIR OWN PLUG IN TO A WORDPRESS SITE?
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1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Sep 28, 2012 at 4:25 pm
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Here are some links from another volunteer (including one with wp.com staff responses to this issue):
from: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cookie-law?replies=2#post-894329

You need to read the following thread, and in particular this reply by someone who knows a lot about it

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/eu-cookie-law-what-can-i-do?replies=17#post-888494

Then read through this thread and in particular the replies by @macmanx who is a member of staff.

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-and-cookies?replies=16

Plugins are for self-hosted wordpress installations and cannot be used here for security reasons.

I would also not put a lot of faith in the plugins at this point as there are going to end up being 27 different cookie laws and they could all be different.
timethief · Member · Sep 28, 2012 at 4:28 pm
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The following is from our legal team > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-and-cookies?replies=16#post-896743

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