User name and password, text message code, or passkey are just some common everyday ways of staying safe online.
Nowadays it feels like the whole world is online. Computers also crash sometimes and have internet down, and occasionally the software programs themselves have inbuilt errors, called bugs!
There is also online frauds and scams aplenty so please stay safe online.
Here in the UK there are law such as the data protection act, online safety bill, and the information and data protection agencies aswell.
Cookies are a big concern, and also storage of bank details which could later lead to a hack or later be used to commit fraud.
In the UK websites hosted inside of the UK are legally obligated to register with the data protection commission. This is called the data protection registration.
Cookies are a kind of left over technology from the history of the internet and are necessary to make the website work. If a website does not collect information, then it does not need a cookie.
If a website users a log on with user name and password, passkey, mobile phone text code, then cookies will need to be enabled, and if the website is storing your personally identifiable information then this website needs to be registered with the data commission office. Usually, for small traders, and entrepreneurs that have a small website, this registrational usually only costs about 45 pounds per year, IF , they collect more information that the basic information needed to make the internet work.
The smallest websites that do not collect data usually do NOT require an information certificate from the information commission office.
Just something to be aware of going forward.