The selective enforcement of laws never fails to bemuse
«The Cookie Law officially came into force last year as part of the EU Privacy Act, but the UK allowed a year-long grace period during which the law was not actually enforced in order for businesses to work towards complying with it. ... We don't expect all organisations not compliant on the 27th to have some evidence of taking action to be compliant.»
Let me see if I understand - UK websites have had one year since this law officially came into effect to prepare themselves, but still this particular law, which is designed to protect users' privacy, will not be enforced. Dare one draw conclusions about the degree of concern for ordinary peoples' privacy - as opposed to, say, the «rights» of copyright holders - which moves Mr Cameron's government to this unusual laxity ? News of the World, redux - or are all laws in the UK «enforced» in this manner ?...
Myself, I use the DoNotTrackPlus add-on (www.abine.com) on Firefox and Chrome in order to stop tracking cookies - how well I succeed is another matter....
Henri