LO2: The Cookie Law

The Cookie Law is a fairly new law which states that websites must get consent from their visitors before storing or retrieving any information on their device. It was introduced to protect privacy, by making visitors to sites aware of how their information might be used, and giving them the choice whether or not to allow it. Before this law's introduction in May 2011, most websites automatically used cookies without asking for the user's consent.

LO2: Disability Discrimination Act

It is important that, if possible, a website meets disability guidelines so that someone with a disability (such as blindness or deafness) is able to use and understand the site in a similar way to someone without disabilities.

Here are the guidelines that a website creator should endeavour to adhere to, in a basic sense:

• Provide text alternatives for any non-text content in the site, such as images and videos.
• Make sure the content on your site can be presented in simpler ways, if needed, without losing structure.
• Make the site easy to read and understand - clear foreground and background, and clear text.
• Everything on the site should be able to be done on a keyboard.
• Do not add content to the site that could cause seizures (e.g. flashing lights).
• Pages of the website should appear and operate in a predictable way - nothing unexpected.

These guidelines each fall into one of four "principles" - perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust.

LO2: Data Protection Act

The Data Protection Act of 1998 is important when creating a website. It makes sure that personal information is:

• fairly and lawfully processed
• processed for limited purposes, so the website owner cannot just use it for whatever they like
• relevant and adequate, so it is not too detailed
• accurate
• up-to-date
• kept for no longer than necessary
• kept securely
• not transferred without adequate protection

Since I have decided that my Small Machines website will not contain an internal shop and instead contain links to an external one, I will not be in danger of breaching this Act. This is because my Small Machines website will not store any personal information - there will be nowhere it can be input.

LO2: Production Plan

Completed production plan:

LO2: Site Plan

This is for Possibility #2 from my sketches, the design that I am most likely to make.

This includes:
-A link to the Royal Armouries range of Small Machines, which in turn will have links to their shop and website.
-A link to a Lifestyle page detailing how the machines are environmentally friendly and made with locally sourced materials.