Current CTO exploring entrepreneurship on the side; coach; mentor; instructor.
Dedicated to promoting digital literacy and ideological diversity in tech.
The only official legislation that I'm aware referring to the disclosure of cookies is within the EU.
This is separate from GDPR, and falls under a different umbrella.
As far as I'm aware, the implications of this being an issue are significantly lower than something a GDPR violation.
For the most part, the rules are being applied to web sites that are using cookies to serve you ads. Is this something you're actively looking at doing?
I'd also like to point out that these laws are most often aimed very specifically at giant corporations that actively abuse systems to the detriment of users.
Most smaller entities, or people who don't understand the law but have no I'll intent are really not at risk. You're not the target.
Current CTO exploring entrepreneurship on the side; coach; mentor; instructor.
Dedicated to promoting digital literacy and ideological diversity in tech.
The best thing is to just cover your bases and add a disclaimer anyway, theres no actual functionality you need to build, and providing a simple button wouldn't be too difficult.
There are also probably dozens of copy/paste solutions out there for this very common problem.
The only official legislation that I'm aware referring to the disclosure of cookies is within the EU.
This is separate from GDPR, and falls under a different umbrella.
As far as I'm aware, the implications of this being an issue are significantly lower than something a GDPR violation.
For the most part, the rules are being applied to web sites that are using cookies to serve you ads. Is this something you're actively looking at doing?
I'd also like to point out that these laws are most often aimed very specifically at giant corporations that actively abuse systems to the detriment of users.
Most smaller entities, or people who don't understand the law but have no I'll intent are really not at risk. You're not the target.
I am worried mostly about Google Analytics and Disqus, actually. Or, are they respective companies' problems?
Actually, I have exactly another one use case of cookies -- securing user authentication and session without relying on localStorage.
I'm not a lawyer so couldn't tell you for sure.
The best thing is to just cover your bases and add a disclaimer anyway, theres no actual functionality you need to build, and providing a simple button wouldn't be too difficult.
There are also probably dozens of copy/paste solutions out there for this very common problem.
if they are tracking your users, you must tell them that before hand and if possible offer an option to disable it