[Techtalk] PHP, session variables & cookies

[Dan]

> I am looking into the legal implications of the website that I have just 
> written, (reminderanywhere.com) and working on a privacy statement. 
> ...
> But the issue has come up of whether we are using cookies.

Session cookies are the least intrusive kind: they vanish as soon as the 
browser is closed. I would say that they're never written to the hard 
drive, but of course I can't guarantee that because I don't know the 
internal workings of all browsers.

Besides, if the user has to login to the site, then he has a unique 
identification that allows you to "track" him anyway, so there's hardly 
a point in talking about cookies.

If you're looking for reassuring language, you could say that the 
session cookie provides an identifier that changes every time the user 
exits his browser, so it can't be traced back to any individual.

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