FAQ - Cookies for Businesses
There is a lot of confusion about cookies and what is required by a business that hopes to use them. In this FAQ, we'll be answering some common questions related to the use of cookies to help clarify some of the confusing nuances when it comes to laws, best practices...
How to do a Cookies Audit
The "Article 29 Working Party" recently ran a Cookies Sweep to determine what website operators are currently doing to stay compliant with the ePrivacy Directive, amended Article 5(3). Article 5(3) requires that all businesses in the EU must inform users when a website will place cookies on their computers and must...
Netherlands Requirements for EU Cookies Law
In 2012, the Dutch Senate amended the Telecommunications Act with new rules dictating the appropriate use of cookies on websites and mobile apps. But the new rules require that opt-in consent must be obtained prior to any cookies that are not strictly necessary for the essential functioning of the website or...
EU Cookie Law
The EU Cookie Law sets rules on how websites and apps set cookies and other trackers. It's part of an important EU law called the ePrivacy Directive. The law requires website and app operators to get consent for certain types of cookies. The law also states that website and app operators...
Cookies Policy Template
A Cookies Policy is the policy used to inform users about the use of cookies by a website. This article will discuss the requirements and best practices around a Cookies Policy. We've also put together a Sample Cookies Policy Template that you can use to help write your own. What are Cookies Cookies...
Cookie Clauses For Your Privacy Policy
If your website or app uses cookies, your Privacy Policy must address cookies. This applies no matter where your business is located, or where you transact business. However, if your business is located in the EU or is directed towards people located in the EU and uses cookies, you'll need to...
Cookies Policy for Google Analytics
If your EU-based or EU-directed website or mobile app uses Google Analytics, you're required to have a Cookies Policy in place. In short, this is because the EU Cookies Directive requires a Cookies Policy, and the Google Analytics Terms of Service agreement requires users of the service to follow applicable laws. What...
GDPR Cookies Policy
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into full force in May of 2018. Businesses have been scrambling to comply - rewriting their Privacy Policies, deleting all traces of unnecessary personal data, and emailing their existing customers to refresh marketing consent. Perhaps the most noticeable sign of privacy practices...