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chrisjg
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Yes, I saw the new guidelines on Friday 25th May – nothing like leaving it until the last minute to clarify things.

The issue of tracking-advertising-cookies that are used across multiple sites to gather ‘user preferences for more relevant adverts’ (so called BAD cookies) still exists though, so an opt-in/out for those are probably still required (because they are intrusive, non-essential, etc), but the ICO has not given any specifics – but for most sites using session and analytical cookies can rely on the implied consent of the user (with the relevant cookie policy).

Even then the ICO will only do anything if people complain about a site, and the first step is to ‘inform and help them comply’.

Chris.