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In-depth blogs, how-tos and compliance strategies on privacy laws and guidelines
Introducing our new Geo-Cookie Blocking Feature
It’s no news to anyone that the use of the U.S. service Google Analytics (“G.A.”) in the European Economic Area (“EEA”)…
Are you CCPA compliant?
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a privacy law enacted in 2018 by the state of California to regulate the…
What should I expect from a cookie banner
Without the banner, it would be a data-fest for these companies, and you would be bombarded with advertising material from every…
Government’s plans to remove cookie banners!
We have all heard the Government spokesperson and ministers saying that they are going to get rid of the annoying, pointless…
Why we need the annoying Cookie Consent Banner?
Everyone when they visit a website for the first time sees the cookie banner pop-up and either ignores it (if you…
False claims: website cookies were loaded without consent
With the acceleration of the digital working society, remote working and home working the internet has exploded and the appetite for…
Google Analytics, Cookies and GDPR Updates 2022
It’s 2022, and the dynamic Data Protection world has seen substantial changes in using Google Analytics (cookies) in the European scenario.
The Best Website Cookie Scanner 2022
Have you a got website to promote your company or products? If yes, then you need to read this article. You…
Can organisations use implied consent for cookies on their…
Since the ePrivacy Directive and the current draft of the new ePrivacy Regulation have adopted the same meaning for consent as…
Google & Amazon fined by CNIL over misuse of cookies
It is the largest fine ever issued by the French data privacy watchdog CNIL.
US retail giant Amazon was also fined ...
No Card Required for CookieScan 30 Day Free Trial
CookieScan is looking at improvements all the time and listening to feedback from clients and potential clients. Therefore we have made ...
Changes to pop-up style and compliance standard
CookieScan is an ever-evolving cookie management system and wants to provide the needs of the website owner, who in most cases is ...
What information needs to be provided about cookies?
The information provided by websites about the cookies they use and would like to place on users devices varies from ...
€3,000 fine for insufficient cookie information
Salad Market S.L., a Spanish catering company was fined €3,000 for failing to provide website visitors with sufficient information about ...
€10 Billion lawsuit for misuse of marketing cookies
Class-action lawsuits filed in the UK and Netherlands will accuse tech giants Oracle and Salesforce of breaching GDPR in the way they ...
EDPB update guidance on cookie walls and scrolling
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has updated its “Guidelines on GDPR consent” to clarify that: (a) making access to ...
Irish 6-Month grace period coming to an end
On the 5th October 2020 the 6-month grace period the Irish DPC gave for websites and apps to become compliant with the Irish ...
Are you vulnerable with your Cookie usage?
Are you compliant with the GDPR or your local data protection legislation?
Are you fully aware of the GDPR Cookie consent?
Do you know ...