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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new legal framework in the EU. It was enacted by the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission, with the intention to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union (EU). It will apply starting on May 25, 2018.

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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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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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What kind of advertisement am I allowed to show and still comply with GDPR?

I am running a website which servers advertisements to stay profitable (one banner). Now I found out, that none of the advertisement delivery networks that I use, explain how they process the visitor's data. Now with GDPR, can I still include these…
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My web page does not collect any data. Should I disclose my hosting company (which may log requests) in my privacy policy?

I have a static blog hosted on GitHub. I do not collect any data about anyone. GitHub pretty straightforward states that they do collect some data in their GitHub Privacy Statement. So if a user go to my web page he is indeed tracked, but not by me…
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GDPR compliant contact form

As of May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into affect and I am wondering how best to comply with this when implementing a simple contact form. The form, lets say, requires the person's name, email, and has an optional…
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Does a contact form need to ask the user for explicit permission to be GDPR compliant?

I have read about GDPR compliance for forms, and from my understanding a contact form is compliant if it has: A tick box (unchecked) clearly saying we will contact you back regarding your query OR if it's mentioned on the form somewhere clearly…
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How to show Registrant Name in WHOIS lookup?

I have purchased a domain name (anishghosh.me) from bigrock.com but when I'm doing a WHOIS lookup on the domain the registrant name is not showing in that information. How can I show my name as the registrant in the WHOIS lookup?
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With the GDPR, can I still allow our customers to store their member info?

I'm currently in the process of developing a system that allows my customers to keep track of members of an organisation. The organisation has members that each year pay for their membership and everyone is personally related to the organisation.…
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How do I allow users to delete Google Analytics data for GDPR compliance?

I'm in the process of making my website GDPR compliant and one of the requirements of GDPR is that users have the ability to delete data. After a user agrees to allow GA, Is there a way for users to delete Google Analytics data?
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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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GDPR - Clear Chat Messages

I have a small social media site. Users can chat each other using my site. Any user can delete his chat message, but they can't clear the copy of receiver. Because of GDPR, should I allow them to delete copy of receiver too? (Even Facebook don't…
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Is it valid to use a single cookie consent for multiple domains?

Many cookie consent services – for example SecurePrivacy, CookieBot, and CookiePro – allow "cross-domain" consent, where consenting with cookie usage on one domain will imply consent on certain other domains as well. This means that after you've…
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Cookie consent message needed for web game high score?

I'm making an online word game and I want to use a cookie to store the user's high score so it will always show it when they play the game, not just for the session. To comply with the EU GDPR do I need a cookie consent message for that? It will…
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Where to Send Non-Consenting Visitors?

With the GDPR regulation that requires getting consent from EU users to accept the use of cookies, where should non-consenting users be sent? There seems to be quite a few options but what are the pros-and-cons of each? Google GDPR regulation…
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Does a Server with blank/no website still needs a privacy policy to comply with GDPR?

I run a pet project server with a private website (which is put down for now due to GDPR) that I use to show of artworks that I did. It does not have a user login or anything, only a small form for users to comment. Although my site doesn't process…
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