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		LTheobald on Jan 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The stupid cookie law is dead at last I'm sorry but hasn't this been the case for a good while now? I remember seeing this on the Guardian last year: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/26/cookies-law... And isn't that why sites like The Guardian, BBC etc. have been using a banner anyway?

oliveremberton on Jan 31, 2013 [–]

It's significant because they're the regulator, and now they're changing to do what everyone else is, instead of telling everyone else to do what they've been doing.

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