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Cookies message. Has anything changed or is it just to comply with the new law?

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MardyBra · 26/05/2012 10:00

I'm getting more and more cynical of sites like Facebook and LinkedIn which are becoming very intrusive I'm the way they use data.

I just wondered if MN was doing anything new with cookies or if this is just to comply with the new law.

If I accept the cookies thing, does that mean that MN will now have the right to prise out every single thought I have, tell it to the world and then get everyone to advertise products to help me with said thoughts.

How do these links with Facebook and stuff work?

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HelenMumsnet · 26/05/2012 12:48

Hello. Yes, the cookies message is now compulsory - by law.

But nothing has changed in the way we use them on Mumsnet.

It's just that instead of assuming your consent for us to use them (to remember you log in etc) when you tick the "privacy policy" box upon registration, we are now required to make a message pop up asking you to explicitly give your consent. Which is probably more transparent, tbh.

Sorry that the message is not going away, though. That shouldn't be happening.

Is it still there? If so, we'll contact Tech...

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HelenMumsnet · 26/05/2012 15:51

Hello again. In answer to your Qs, here is what cookies do on Mumsnet

As we said upthread, nothing new and, hopefully, nothing too weird or scary.

Do please post up any other Qs you have and we'll do our best to help.

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HelenMumsnet · 26/05/2012 15:58

@QuintessentialShadows

And by QS HelenMumsnet does not mean me, but questions.

Indeed.

Please don't post up QS - that might be painful

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