EU May Outlaw Cookies

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 31, 2001 @06:48AM from the use-tasty-apples-instead dept.

Millennium writes: "According to Yahoo News, The European Commission is considering a privacy directive which, among other things, completely bans the use of cookies. Forgive me for saying so, but considering all the legitimate uses of cookies, isn't banning them outright going just a bit too far?" Update: 10/31 19:21 GMT by M : The submitter's write-up is wrong. Read the story. Keep in mind, as usual, that a "news" story whose sole source is an executive with an agenda to push is unlikely to portray the situation accurately.

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NO! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-31 09:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You americans have done so many stupid things (CDA,DMCA,COPA,OUT-OUT), Now it is OUR turn! :o)

Seriously, it is good to see that someone is prioritising personal privacy instead of capitalism (Yes, i know that cookies have other uses). Perhaps this will be a wake upp call to those currupt NSA Puppets/assholes/morons you call politicians.