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GDPR Cookie Fines Explained

The General data protection regulation (GDPR) is an EU law that helps protect data subjects personal data by ensuring user privacy and honouring their rights. The ePrivacy Regulation (also known as the EU

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Why are cookies used in a website?

If we start with what a cookie is and what cookies are used for; A computer “cookie” is more formally known as an HTTP cookie, a web cookie, an Internet cookie, or a browser cookie.

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What is classed as a GDPR Data Breach?

Personal data only includes information relating to living natural persons who: can be identified or who are identifiable, directly from the information in question; or who can be indirectly identified from that information in combination with other information. Personal data may also include special categories of personal data or criminal conviction and offences data. These are considered to be more sensitive and you may only process them in more limited circumstances.

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Is a GDPR cookie policy really required?

To be compliant with the Privacy and Electronic Communication Directive (also knows as Cookie Law or ePrivacy directive ) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) it is important to consider your use of

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What are GDPR individual rights?

The whole idea behind data protection is to protect a data subjects rights. The data protection laws are based on our Human Rights and our right to privacy. The data protection

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What is Cookie Compliance?

The ePrivacy Directive (also known as EU cookie law) sets out guidance on protecting the personal data of users online, especially around the use of Cookies on websites. It enforces the importance of protecting the personal

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