Sweden May Mandate Opt-in For Cookie Transfer

Vitdom writes "The present government in Sweden has published a proposition regarding 'Better rules for electronic communication.' Amongst other proposed amendments, it suggests that websites must inform the user of the 'purpose' regarding each individual cookie transferred to the user's browser upon connection. Secondly, it is suggested that the user must give his consent before the transfer of the cookie in question. The proposition is to be voted by the Swedish parliament on the 18 May this year. If accepted, the law will be in effect in June."

Comments

Age of consent

[Alain Williams]

Next comes the meme:

1. Agreeing to accept a cookie is a legal agreement
2. You can't enter a legal agreement until you are 18
3. Ergo: you can't surf the web until you are 18

Hmmmm ....

Re:It goes beyond that.

[Calydor]

And if you say no you won't get a cookie remembering that you've said no, so on the next page you get a pop-up asking if you want the cookie, right up until people give up and just accept the cookie.