Archive for cookies

Why does Labour website place a cookie from South Lanarkshire?

6 June 2012 ,
I’ve been reading the cookie policy of different websites, as you do. The Labour Party’s one is a good example of how providing large amounts of detail can actually hinder rather than enhance understanding, as it includes a very long, detailed but not really that informative list of cookies “we could use”. It is not [...]
Hello, we're a pair of lovely cookies. We're not nasty at all. We're tasty.

5 things you shouldn’t miss: cookies, share prices, smart phones and more

30 May 2012 , , ,
Welcome to the latest of my monthly collections for the Engine Group of five links that you shouldn’t miss. Last mintue change to cookie law advice http://bit.ly/KJ0lQe Just before the deadline for implementing new cookie rules for websites the Information Commissioner’s Office has changed its advice, introducing a more relaxed view of ‘implied consent’: “implied [...]
Hello, we're a pair of lovely cookies. We're not nasty at all. We're tasty.

The best bit of technology branding, ever

20 April 2012
Cookies being back in the news recently reminds me of just how clever (albeit indavertently in this case) the choice of the name “cookies” was in the technology world. Who can possibly be worried by something named after a scrummy biscuit that frequently features chocolate? Imagine what people’s attitudes to cookies would be if they [...]
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The cookie: a new weapon in media relations for politicians

15 December 2010
Well, it’s one way of avoiding answering questions: Also available on YouTube here. Hat-tip: Campaign Reboot