phpBB and the EU cookie law - the cookie opt-in regulation

[stickeric]

I'm also confused as to whether or not we need to do anything? Read the thread but still not sure. Just implemented a floating bar with a link to privacy policy, and an 'accept and close' button, which uses...cookies.

Will that do? Or do we not even need to bother?

I have just looked on your website and it looks awesome, How did you make it want to make a tutorial or something ?

[marian0810]

Will that do?

I doubt it. Your site also places cookies from tapatalk, addthis and google+one. Those are probably tracking cookies which are more against the law than the usual phpbb session cookies and the delete_cookies function doesn't remove them (would be cool if it did).

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

Will that do?

The delete_cookies function doesn't remove them (would be cool if it did).

Agreed, but technically impossible. Sites may only set cookies for their own domain.

[Volksdevil]

Cheers for the input, I've done away with it for now until things become more clear.

I have just looked on your website and it looks awesome, How did you make it want to make a tutorial or something ?

Thanks for the kind words, I'm not sure I could write a TUT, as I've modified it over a long time now.

[kocureq]

Is there a php BB mod for this available?

[Mick]

Is there a php BB mod for this available?

You should search the MODs forums or, if you don't find what you need, make a MOD request.

[mladiucitelj]

I'm going to use the following widget on my site (when it's going live) and some additions to my privacy policy.

http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/eu-cookie-law.html

Is this ok and working? Anbody using it?

Or this one: http://civicuk.com/cookie-law/index

[AmigoJack]

http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/eu-cookie-law.html

http://civicuk.com/cookie-law/index

Both require JavaScript which might be disabled in internet browsers.

[mladiucitelj]

http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/eu-cookie-law.html

http://civicuk.com/cookie-law/index

Both require JavaScript which might be disabled in internet browsers.

Yes, but can't find the right solution though...

[mladiucitelj]

Hm, I'm using this now: http://civicuk.com/cookie-law/index (link in profile)

I have it on two boards. On A board works just fine, but on B it always allows GA cookies (I have GA activated for that board and on A not). And codes are the same on A and B board. Even if I dont allow cookies it deletes it, but when I refresh site it loads them again (only on B board).

The code I'm using:

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<script src="http://www.geoplugin.net/javascript.gp" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/{T_TEMPLATE_PATH}/cookieControl-5.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[
  cookieControl({
      introText:'...',
      fullText:'...',
      position:'left', // left or right
      shape:'triangle', // triangle or diamond
      theme:'dark', // light or dark
      startOpen:true,
      autoHide:10000,
      subdomains:false,
      protectedCookies: [], //list the cookies you do not want deleted ['analytics', 'twitter']
      consentModel:'explicit',
      onAccept:function(){ccAddAnalytics()},
      onReady:function(){},
      onCookiesAllowed:function(){ccAddAnalytics()},
      onCookiesNotAllowed:function(){},
      countries:'' // Or supply a list ['United Kingdom', 'Greece']
      });

      function ccAddAnalytics() {
        jQuery.getScript("http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js", function() {
          var GATracker = _gat._createTracker('');
          GATracker._trackPageview();
        });
      }
   //]]>
</script>

Some other questions:

- should I block GA cookies because of that law?

- if I remove my board from GA, should I do anything else? I haven't installed any of the GA code on my board...