Blog: Cookie Consent
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Czech Republic and the GDPR
On January 1, 2022, the Czech Republic aligned its cookie consent practices with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU Cookies Directive by amending its Electronic Communications Act (ECA). This development effectively changed the status quo for cookie processing in the Czech Republic. More specifically, it prompted a shift...
Opt-in Form Examples
Companies use a wide variety of opt-in forms on their websites these days. Each has a purpose, and they're essential for (mainly) email marketing campaigns and other communications efforts. They're also an ideal spot to include a link to your business' Privacy Policy. With that said, it is essential to understand...
How to Write a Cookies Opt-Out and Management Clause
Cookies are an important part of creating effective, personalized websites and apps. However, not all users want certain kinds of activity and information tracked by your website. Tightening regulations and changing user preferences mean that a Cookies Opt-Out and Management Clause is an important part of any complete Privacy Policy and...
Does the GDPR Require the Listing of Individual Cookies by Name?
The European Union currently boasts the world's most comprehensive and expansive regulatory framework to date, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Complementing this law is the e-Privacy Directive (aka the EU Cookies Directive) to ensure the firm establishment of data protection and online privacy in the EU. A critical area covered...
Cookies Policy vs Cookie Consent
First thing's first. A Cookie Policy and Cookie Consent are not the same thing. The first is a public statement that provides information to your website visitors about the user data your cookies track, why that information is being tracked, and where it is sent. The second is when website users give...
Common Errors with GDPR Cookie Notice Banners
On May 31,2021, the European Center for Digital Rights, a pro-privacy group that goes by the acronym "noyb" (None of Your Business), began a campaign against well-known companies that allegedly used unlawful cookie banners. The cookie banners used by these companies ostensibly employed practices that fell far outside guidelines dictated by...