On: Web Analytics Illegal in UK after 26 May? Crazy

[jamiecurle]

What you're suggesting sounds like a dark pattern to me.

[ars → jamiecurle]

He's joking.

But like all good jokes there's an element of truth since I suspect that's exactly what some websites will do.

[arctangent → ars]

He's not joking.

Take a look at what the ICO themselves do - they show a consent box at the top of every page unless and until you opt in:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/