It is unlikely (though not impossible) that we would take action just for analytics cookies.and
Just because analytics cookies are caught by this law doesn’t mean a strict opt-in is necessary
I know it's vague wording and there's still a chance of a fine, but it seems like they're targeting the worst offenders of tracking cookies only.
As we understand it, Google Analytics is a third party service offered by Google that generates statistics about the visitors to a website. In our view, Google Analytics is likely to be captured by Regulation 6. However, we recognise that Google Analytics is a comparatively less privacy intrusive technology. You may be interested to learn that the ICO will be issuing some further guidance before the grace period expires on 26 May 2012. I understand the guidance will provide some additional clarification on this matter.
function clearCookie(name, domain, path){
try {
function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split(';'),
a_temp_cookie = '',
cookie_name = '',
cookie_value = '',
b_cookie_found = false;
for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ ) {
// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
if ( cookie_name == check_name ) {
b_cookie_found = true;
// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 ) {
cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
}
// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
return cookie_value;
break;
}
a_temp_cookie = null;
cookie_name = '';
}
if ( !b_cookie_found ) {
return null;
}
}
if (Get_Cookie(name)) {
var domain = domain || document.domain;
var path = path || "/";
document.cookie = name + "=; expires=" + new Date + "; domain=" + domain + "; path=" + path;
}
}
catch(err) {}
};<a href="#" onclick="clearCookie('__utma','yourdomain.com','/');clearCookie('__utmb','yourdomain.com','/');clearCookie('__utmc','yourdomain.com','/');clearCookie('__utmz','yourdomain.com','/');">Clear Cookies</a>
[edited by: IanTurner at 2:07 pm (utc) on May 10, 2012]
[edit reason] Removed link - unecessary to the thread [/edit]
Disruption to our website
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We will continue to try and keep our website available to all our users. Our helpline is available on 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745 between 9am and 5pm.
[edited by: kapow at 11:49 am (utc) on May 22, 2012]
Had some info from AffiliateWindow today (one of the networks i use) with a 25 page document
your raw log files will tell you how many hits that page receives
$statusCode$statusCode<?php
# Error Event Logging 2012-05-24 (logger.php)
$oldSetting= ignore_user_abort( TRUE );// otherwise can screw-up logfile
if( !empty( $GLOBALS[ '_SERVER' ])) {
$_SERVER_ARRAY= '_SERVER';
} elseif( !empty( $GLOBALS[ 'HTTP_SERVER_VARS' ])) {
$_SERVER_ARRAY= 'HTTP_SERVER_VARS';
} else {
$_SERVER_ARRAY= 'GLOBALS';
}
$requestHost= ${$_SERVER_ARRAY}[ 'SERVER_NAME' ];
if(stristr($requestHost, 'example.co.uk')) {
if(stristr($requestHost, 'dev')) {
define( '_DIRECTORY', '/var/www/vhosts/example.co.uk/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/includes/logfiles/' );
$site = 'dev';
} else if(stristr($requestHost, 'www')) {
define( '_DIRECTORY', '/var/www/vhosts/example.co.uk/httpdocs/includes/logfiles/' );
$site = 'www';
} else if(!stristr($requestHost, 'dev') && !stristr($requestHost, 'www')) {
define( '_DIRECTORY', '/var/www/vhosts/example.co.uk/httpdocs/includes/logfiles/' );
$site = 'www';
}
}
define( '_LOGFILE','errorlog' . date('-Y-m-') . $site . '-' . $statusCode . '.txt' );
#define( '_LOGFILE','errorlog' . date('-Y-m-') . $site . '.txt' ); // all in one
define( '_LOGMAXLINES','3000' );
global ${$_SERVER_ARRAY};
$logFile= _DIRECTORY . _LOGFILE;
$datetime= date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s O' );
$remoteIP= ${$_SERVER_ARRAY}[ 'REMOTE_ADDR' ];
$requestURI= ${$_SERVER_ARRAY}[ 'REQUEST_URI' ];
$referer= ( isset( ${$_SERVER_ARRAY}[ 'HTTP_REFERER' ]))
? ${$_SERVER_ARRAY}[ 'HTTP_REFERER' ]
: '<unknown referer>';
$userAgent= ( isset( ${$_SERVER_ARRAY}[ 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' ]))
? ${$_SERVER_ARRAY}[ 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' ]
: '<unknown user agent>';
if(preg_match('#(Opera\ [0-9]+\.[0-9]+)#',trim($userAgent), $extracted)) {
$agent = $extracted[1];
} elseif(preg_match('#^(Opera[^(\ ]+)#',trim($userAgent), $extracted)) {
$agent = $extracted[1];
} elseif(preg_match('#^(Xenu.*)#',trim($userAgent), $extracted)) {
$agent = $extracted[1];
} elseif(preg_match('#compatible;\ ([^;]+)#',$userAgent, $extracted)) {
$agent = $extracted[1];
} elseif(preg_match('#^([^\ ]+\ )+([^\(\)]+)#',trim($userAgent), $extracted)) {
$agent = $extracted[2];
} else {
$agent = '<see notes>';
}
$remoteIP= str_pad($remoteIP, 15);
$agent= str_pad($agent, 22);
$requestHost= str_pad($requestHost, 26, " ", STR_PAD_LEFT);
$requestURI= str_pad($requestURI, 80);
$referer= str_pad($referer, 110);
$userAgent= str_pad($userAgent, 120);
$logLine= $datetime . " - " . $remoteIP . " - " . $agent . " - ". $statusCode . " - ". $requestHost . " - ". $requestURI . " - ". $referer . " - ". $userAgent . "\n";
$log= file( $logFile );// flock() disabled in some kernels (eg 2.4)
if( $fp = fopen( $logFile, 'a' )) {// tiny danger of 2 threads interfering; live with it
if( count( $log ) >= _LOGMAXLINES ) {// otherwise grows like Topsy
fclose( $fp );// fopen,fclose put close together as possible
while( count( $log ) >= _LOGMAXLINES ) array_shift( $log );
array_push( $log, $logLine );
$logLine= implode( '', $log );
$fp= fopen( $logFile, 'w' );
}
fputs( $fp, $logLine );
fclose( $fp );
}
exit();
ignore_user_abort( $oldSetting );
?>[edited by: g1smd at 1:32 pm (utc) on May 22, 2012]
