EU Cookie Law Rules: Only Strictly Necessary Cookies Allowed Without Opt-In: European Union "Article 29 Working Party" Issues Advisory Opinion

The Register in the UK via Out-Law.com writes that the Article 29 Working Party, a committee composed of one representative from the national data protection authority of each Member State of the EU, has issued a quasi-regulatory advisory opinion about consent exemptions to the the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications (e-Privacy) Directive.

"Strictly necessary" cookies like those required for online banking or online payment are exempted from the opt-in requirement, i.e. in cases where the service to which the cookies relate would not work without the cookies and where the cookies are "pivotal" to the transmission of communications.

However, not all questions about the "EU Cookie Law" are that clear.
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Legal in the EU? UEFA Continuous Onscreen Flash Inserts so Disturbing that We Will Watch no More UEFA Football on TV Until this Attempted Brainwash Practice is Stopped

The continuous onscreen "brainwashing" flash insert of what appears to be a UEFA "football flower?" or God only knows what during the game of Germany vs. Portugal in the European Championships was so disturbing to our watching the game that we stopped watching prior to the end of halftime and will watch no more UEFA soccer games until we learn that this TOTALLY IDIOTIC insertion has stopped.

We even question the EU legality of that kind of advertising.

Viewers know what they are watching and do not need UEFA to tell them by flash inserts every 30 seconds through brainwash flashes.

Such flash insertion of advertising totally destroys the football game atmosphere and puts moronic technical child's play ahead of the game of association foootball, i.e. soccer to those of you in America. This is the best way possible to lose online TV viewers.

Who came up with this ABSURD idea?

All the people responsible for implementing this idea should be thrown out of the UEFA, and that includes those running the organization presently.

European Union Digital Technology Regulation: EU Commission Changes "DG INFSO" to "DG Connect" on July 1, 2012

As reported at ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency),

The EU Commission changes DG INFSO to “DG Connect”, writing

"“DG Connect” ... stands for the key areas they cover (Communication Networks, Content and Technology).... The changes will take effect as of 1st July."

Crossposted at LawPundit.

New Powers to Shape EU Telecoms Single Market Mark One-Year Anniversary

See the speech by Nellie Kroes at the EUROPA Press Release at:

New powers to shape the Telecoms Single Market

Crossposted at LawPundit.