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Questions tagged [eu-cookie-law]

The EU cookie law is a peculiar law that applies to any website serving to visitors in the EU. Visitors first have to give consent to store cookies.

The EU cookie law is a peculiar law that applies to any website serving to visitors in the EU. Visitors first have to give consent to store cookies.

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Are cookie warnings still required under the EU cookie law?

Is it still required to provide a cookie warning offering users the ability to opt in/out of cookie tracking? I cannot find any official advice on what we are supposed to be doing. I'm not looking for answers along the lines of "to be on the safe…
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Does the EU cookie law apply to an EU site that is hosted outside of the EU?

I have been reading up about this EU cookie law, and have also had in depth conversations with my girlfriend who is a solicitor/lawyer and with colleagues while building websites. While we are now working towards implementing a way to abide by the…
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Google Analytics and the EU cookie directive. Who will fall foul of the law? Google or the developer?

So Google uses cookies when performing its usual duties of tracking users on a website. That is just it though; Google are setting the cookies and not your website as such. This is by virtue of the fact that the JS is all hosted by Google and merely…
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Has the EU sued any site(s) yet for not complying with their cookie "law"?

EUROPA websites must follow the Commission's guidelines on privacy and data protection and inform users that cookies are not being used to gather information unnecessarily. - source Many people find this EU cookie directive, when implemented, a…
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Are session cookies exempt from consent under GDPR?

Session cookies - cookies that last only for the duration of the current session - are arguably not a tracking tool under the spirit of the EU's data protection efforts. Under old EU cookie rules, they appeared to be exempt from the requirement to…
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Where to store users consent (EU cookie law)

We are legally obliged in a few months to obtain consent from users to allow us to store any cookies on the users PC. My query is, what would be the most effective way of storing this consent to ensure that users don't get repeat requests to give…
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Should I hide the content inside the cookies law compliance banner from search engines?

I am working on my first website.I am working on the last steps before deploying it. Now I am facing the law compliance requirements. Right now it is mandatory by GDPR to show the cookies compliance banner to users so they can see how my company…
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Cookie consent overlay - Does it affect SEO?

I have a german website with Adsense integrated. To meet Google's compliance requirements, I ask users to accept cookies for personal advertising. To achieve this, I created an overlay which stays in front of the pages content (which is blurred by…
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Is it required to list each cookie by name to comply with EU/UK Cookie Laws?

Some sites appear to list each cookie exhaustively, others (the majority) state only how they are used, and how a user may clear them. Do you need to list each cookie by name, together with what it does and how it expires? (This question is specific…
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MediaWiki and EU cookie consent

I own a MediaWiki website that is showing Google AdSense. As of September 30th 2015 AdSense requires compliance with the EU cookie law. The Google Adsense Team is pointing to https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy-help.html and it…
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Who is affected by the EU cookie law?

Every source on the web keeps telling me what the cookie law is, but not whether I have to obey it or not. So I'm asking here: who must obey the cookie law? Is a website hosted by a server physically located in Europe affected by the cookie law? Is…
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Customizing Google AdSense "Privacy and Cookie Settings" popup

I am using Google AdSense's default GDPR consent message. Yet after clicking the consent button, users get this annoying permanent popup on the left bottom corner: Is it possible to move this div to a custom defined place? (e.g I have a settings…
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Is a cookie notice required on a personal web site that uses cookies?

I want to know if I need a cookie notice on my personal, non-commercial, USA-based website. My site requires people to register if they want to see all of the site’s content. I use cookies so that returning users don’t need to log in each time…
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Must cookie consent banner prevent site working?

I realized some types of cookie consent banners: a bar on the top or bottom of the page, with informations and options to select. The page remains interactive, user can browse menu and so on. a popup partly covering page, with informations…
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Do i need User consent for Google Analytics to be GDPR complaint

I am using GA on website as everyone out there does same. In order to be GDPR complaint i had used "https://cookie-script.com" script to for user consent for one of my website and i notice for last two month my web stats have gone down almost by 80%…
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