Websites are breaking the cookie law, says watchdog

Many of the most popular websites in the Netherlands are not operating within the new cookie law introduced in January, communications watchdog Opta said on Friday.


Cookies are text files used to track website visitors’ behaviour.
The new law says websites must inform visitors of their cookie policy and ask permission to use the tracking device. However, just six of the 25 most visited sites provide information and only one asks permission, says Opta.
Opta did not say which websites it looked at.
The internet sector says being asked on every site to give permission for the use of cookies is not user-friendly, according to the Nos website.
The makers of browsers such as Firefox and Chrome are developing a system whereby the user is asked for permission just once on the browser.
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