Web browser ‘do not track’ functions will not, on their own, allow website operators to comply with EU rules on ‘cookies’, an EU Commissioner has admitted.
Neelie Kroes, who is responsible for the EU’s Digital Agenda, acknowledged that website owners will still need to obtain consent to use cookies even if web users have ‘do not track’ (DNT) facilities in their web browsers.
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