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EU cookie law plugin - kacper - 2013-04-17

Hi !

I am looking for a kind of cookie law plugin. I noticed there is no dedicated plugin for GetSimple. Do you know what type of plugin could be used that way ?

regards,
kacper

RE: EU cookie law plugin - shawn_a - 2013-04-17

What is this plugin supposed to do ? Cant you just post a privacy policy if you are using cookies for visitors ?
What about includes that use their own cookies, like facebook.

RE: EU cookie law plugin - kacper - 2013-04-17

(2013-04-17, 03:41:45)shawn_a Wrote: What is this plugin supposed to do ? Cant you just post a privacy policy if you are using cookies for visitors ?
What about includes that use their own cookies, like facebook.

The privacy policy does not solve the problem. EU citizen have to be informed if the site he visits sets any cookies on his computer. If so, the information should be visible just as he entered the site (see the bottom of an attached file). I know that GetSimple CMS does not use cookies but most of us uses Google Analytics or other cookie plugins.

There is lots of cookie law plugins for Wordpress. Are there any simple ways to do a conversion for the GetSimple plugin format ?

regards,
kacper

RE: EU cookie law plugin - datiswous - 2013-04-17

This is not a plugin but putting the following line of code in your template directly above/before </head> would do such:

Code:
<script src="http://cookieok.eu/bar/js/cookieok.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
(tested)

Source: http://cookieok.eu/

RE: EU cookie law plugin - shawn_a - 2013-04-17

neat, can it check for eu only, pointless to show it always.
you can use the header hook and my hook plugin.

Either way this law is stupid as hell, browsers should handle this.

RE: EU cookie law plugin - kacper - 2013-04-17

(2013-04-17, 05:36:03)datiswous Wrote: This is not a plugin but putting the following line of code in your template directly above/before </head> would do such:

Code:
<script src="http://cookieok.eu/bar/js/cookieok.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
(tested)

Source: http://cookieok.eu/

WooW ! Great ! That is what I was looking for. Thank's a lot !

Shawn_a: thank's a lot - tomorrow I will try your hook plugin. And you are right: that law is completely stupid.

Thank's guys !
regards,
kacper

RE: EU cookie law plugin - Connie - 2013-04-17

(2013-04-17, 06:22:26)shawn_a Wrote: Either way this law is stupid as hell, browsers should handle this.

there are some points where Europeans are more concerned than americans. That is not stupid.

For example Google Analytics does not conform with the privacy protection laws and should not be used, at least not in Germany, on german sites (PIWIK does a far better job, respecting privacy laws, for example)

RE: EU cookie law plugin - mvlcek - 2013-04-17

(2013-04-17, 05:36:03)datiswous Wrote: This is not a plugin but putting the following line of code in your template directly above/before </head> would do such:

Code:
<script src="http://cookieok.eu/bar/js/cookieok.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
(tested)

Source: http://cookieok.eu/

This script alone does NOT make your site conformant with EU law.
It only displays the information bar and reloads the page, when the vistor states his preference, setting the cookie _cookieok to 1 if the user agrees.

You (your theme and/or your plugins) have to check for this cookie and only if it is set to one, set tracking, social or other cookies themselves.

It also means that you MUST NOT include any google analytics, facebook, etc. javascript, any images (incl. transparent 1pixel images) from other domains like facebook, etc. (unless you are sure they are not used for tracking, etc.) on the pages delivered to the user UNLESS he has agreed (and _cookieok is 1).

And if your visitor has Javascript switched off, bad luck: he will never see the bar and you will never get his agreement.

RE: EU cookie law plugin - shovenose - 2013-04-17

(2013-04-17, 06:22:26)shawn_a Wrote: Either way this law is stupid as hell, browsers should handle this.

This.