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  • From: Ian Young <>
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  • Subject: Re: [Shib-Dev] new EU laws governing cookies....
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:56:30 +0000
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On 10 Mar 2011, at 15:28, Chad La Joie wrote:

> Everything I read today suggested that this applied to long-term,
> tracking, cookies that persist across restart (i.e., not session
> cookies) which we don't use.

The DS does use persistent cookies to remember your selection. I seem to
remember the SP has the option to do that (for the same reason) as well?

Not saying there's any reason to panic, of course.

> But yeah, it all reads like politicians and lawyers talking about tech
> they don't understand so I'm certain that you can find people who will
> argue whichever position you want.

Certainly true.

-- Ian



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