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[rayr]

A new law making site owners gain express permission to store some cookies on users compoters will become law in the Uk and EU next month.

http://www.aboutcook...ult.aspx?page=3

Questions:
Does Livezilla use cookies?
How long are they active?
What are they used for?
What data is stored on the users machines?

thanks
Ray

[Derek Punzova]

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Does Livezilla use cookies?

Yes

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How long are they active?

You can set the lifetime yourself, you can also fully deactivate cookies in the server configuration (server tab).

The cookies are used to store the login information along with an id to identify the user.

[rayr]

Derek, thanks for swift reply. cookies used to stote login info, this is admin user ?
Does the end user web surfer have any person info stored ain a cookie on his/her machine?

[Derek Punzova]

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cookies used to stote login info, this is admin user ?

No. The login information (name, email, company) of the website visitor that enters a chat

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Does the end user web surfer have any person info stored ain a cookie on his/her machine?

Yes, sure. There's at least an id to identify the user. As long as you don't turn cookies off.

[isntworkdull]

hi

is it possible to get a list of what cookies livezilla uses, and a definition of what they do?

I believe for us to be compliant with this new cookie law we need to provide this information to our web users...

let me know

thanks
James

[Derek Punzova]

I am sorry, James, there's no such a list a we change the cookie handling with allmost every major update.

I would recommend to turn of cookies if you have doubts in this area.