GDPR, ePrivacy and CCPA - Advice and Insights

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Cookiebot CMP is certified for Google’s new CMP requirement for publishers

We are proud to share that Cookiebot CMP is part of the Google Certified list of CMPs. As per Google’s announcement on 16th May, publishers using Google AdSense, Ad Manager, or AdMob products for serving ads in the EEA and UK will be required to use only Google-certified Consent Management Platforms (CMPs).

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News from the IAB: Major changes in the new TCF v2.2

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has recently unveiled TCF v2.2, introducing significant modifications that will have a profound impact on the dynamics of online advertising for…

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5 best GDPR WordPress plugins to use in 2023

Are you looking for the best WordPress plugins for privacy compliance? Our list of the 5 best GDPR WordPress plugins of 2023 will help you achieve compliance with the GDPR regulation and legally collect user consent. From…

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The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)

The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) is a state-wide law that empower users in the centennial state with key data privacy rights. Businesses who deliver services to Colorado users must rethink their data strategies to…

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What is server-side tagging?

Server-side tagging (SST) is a quiet revolution in the digital ecosystem. It’s both a strong alternative to third-party reliance and a success case for privacy. As a consequence of the coming end of third-party…

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Apps GDPR Compliance Report

A special report by Usercentrics uncovers pervasive privacy noncompliance across the mobile application market in the European Union. It shows how apps are in limbo, while websites and web-based ecommerce…

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Usercentrics leadership changes

Munich, 06.10.2022 – Usercentrics, leading provider of consent management solutions, today announced leadership changes to accelerate the company’s innovation in consent management and data privacy. Since the…

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Certified Partner of Google Consent Mode

Google has announced that Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP) is officially a certified partner of Google Consent Mode! Cookiebot CMP has worked seamlessly with Google Consent Mode since its launch in 2020,…

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Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA)

Virginia became the second state in the US to pass a comprehensive data privacy law when the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was signed into law in March 2021. The VCDPA takes effect January 1, 2023 and will…

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Cookie Banners

A brand-new generation of cookie banners from Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP) is here to make end-user consent on your website easier and more flexible than ever before. Modern, customizable and built for optimized usability and…

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The Wiesbaden preliminary ruling has been overturned. Following the preliminary ruling of the Wiesbaden Administrative Court of December 1, 2021, the appeals court Hessischer…

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Cookiebot CMP uncovers pharmacy GDPR violations

89% of the 150 most popular pharmacy webshops in the EU fail GDPR compliance by allowing sensitive personal data to be tracked by third parties without end-user consent, when customers browse and buy…

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Usercentrics and Cookiebot join forces

The two European companies align to scale data consent management globally, addressing consumers’ demand for greater insight and control into how companies track and use their personal information.

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EU Cookie Law

We live in changing times, when it comes to the Internet. These are times of conflict and unpleasant truths about privacy and democracy. The bright-eyed optimism of the late 90s tech boom has dispersed into alert disbelief at the misuse of private…

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Cookiebot CMP Privacy Trigger | Faster and easier cookie consent for your website

Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP) comes with a Privacy Trigger for your website that makes the end-user consent interaction faster and more…

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Automatic Tracking Cookies

Tracking cookies can help you learn more about how people use your website and find ways to optimize its performance. Tracking cookies, though, can be notoriously privacy-invasive to your website’s end-users, who…

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Cookie Consent

Cookie consent is crucial to get right on your website – strict data laws apply to the use of website cookies and consumer demand for online privacy is increasing. Building trust with your website’s visitors is crucial for brand reputation. Cookiebot consent…

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Third-party cookies phase out

Ebiquity and Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP) jointly analyzed the state of third-party marketing cookies (3PMCs) on large ad-funded domains to see what difficulties face media advertisers…

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GDPR compliance software

The GDPR is literally changing the make-up of the commercial Internet. In this article, we look at GDPR software solutions – comparing different GDPR compliance software and holding them up against the self-defense technologies that…

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CookieInfo and Cookiebot CMP

As a partner of Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP), CookieInfo – a scale-up located in the Netherlands – provides clients with highly customizable cookie banners designed to fit each specific website…

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GDPR Cookie Audit

Your website runs on cookies, as does most of the Internet. But do you know which cookies are in use on your domain, and how to control them? Data privacy laws regulate cookies worldwide and most likely affect your website too – but striking…

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EU ePrivacy Directive

The EU’s ePrivacy Regulation to repeal and replace the 2002 ePrivacy Directive has been a long time coming. Originally scheduled to be finalized on the GDPR’s enforcement date in May 2018, it instead dragged on for years. On February 10, 2021, a…

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Automatic Cookie Policy Generator

A cookie policy is at the heart of compliance with most major data privacy legislations in the world – while some laws require end-user consent and others opt-out options for visitors, almost all require your…

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FADP – Switzerland’s Federal Act on Data Protection

On 25 September 2020, the Federal Data Protection Act (FADP) was approved in Switzerland, replacing the previous 1992 Act. The new Swiss DPA will take…

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Hong Kong PDPO

Hong Kong’s Personal Data Privacy Ordinance was enacted in 1996 and amended in 2012. As is the case with many other data privacy laws, it prescribes measures for how to handle individuals’ personal data safely, thus protecting their privacy rights.

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Hinto Cookie Compliance

As a partner of Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP), Hinto – a leading software integrator and designer of open-source applications – provides a bullet-proof cookie scanning technology and compliance solution as the engine of their Hinto…

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US Data Privacy Laws

A data privacy wave is making its way across the US, washing over state legislatures and challenging the adtech industry’s mass-collection of personal data for profit. In the absence of a federal law, a state-by-state patchwork of data…

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Kenya Data Protection Act

Kenya’s Data Protection Act came into effect on November 25, 2019, and is now the primary law on data protection in the country. It gives effect to article 31 in the constitution of Kenya that stipulates privacy as a…

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APPI Japan

Japan’s wide-ranging Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) was passed in 2003 and amended in 2015 and again in 2020. Not unlike many other data privacy laws, its purpose is to protect an individual’s rights and interests…

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Shopify Cookie Consent

There is no two ways around it: cookies are the past, the present and the future of online data privacy. The first thing we are faced with when visiting a website is the cookie banner, suggesting cookies are used. Some people hardly notice it any…

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PIPA – South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act

South Korea’s wide-ranging Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) was passed on September 30, 2011, making the country one the world’s strictest…

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Canada’s PIPEDA

Canada’s PIPEDA is a federal data privacy law governing the gathering, use and disclosure of personal information for commercial use in the country. PIPEDA compliance requires you to obtain meaningful consent from users in order to collect and use…

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Google Analytics and the GDPR

In this blogpost, we break down both Google Analytics, cookies and the EU’s GDPR requirements for your domain. We also look at how you can use the Google Consent Mode to make your Google Analytics run based entirely on…

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PDPA Thailand

Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) regulates the processing of personal data for commercial use. It applies to any company, organization or website located inside Thailand and for businesses with users in Thailand. The PDPA Thailand…

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UK GDPR after Brexit

The United Kingdom left the EU on January 1, 2021. When the UK was still a part of the European Union, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applied domestically. However, since the country has left the bloc, how the…

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Google Consent Mode and Cookiebot CMP

Consent is becoming a turning point in the internet economy, making our digital platforms more sustainable by striking a balance between data privacy and digital advertisement – something Cookiebot has been working…

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New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020

New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 and the NZ Privacy Principles require you to inform users located inside New Zealand about your website’s use of cookies and trackers, as well as how you are processing their personal…

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Data Protection Act Malaysia (PDPA)

Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) regulates the processing of personal data for commercial use inside the country. It applies to any website, company or organization located inside Malaysia. Malaysia’s…

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Google ending third-party cookies in Chrome

Google has announced that they will stop the use of third-party cookies in Chrome by the end of 2023, joining a growing list of browsers ditching the notorious tracking technology. But…

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PDPA – Personal Data Protection Act Singapore

Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) took effect in 2014 but was amended in October 2020 to include, among other additions, changes to its consent framework. In this…

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Compliant website tracking

Website tracking is an essential practice for most websites. Tracking user behavior can give you insight into how your website performs and whether your ad campaigns reach their target audience. But end-user data…

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California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a state-wide data privacy bill passed into law in the General Election 2020 – breaking new waves in the Pacific frontier of US data protection. The California Privacy…

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Website analytics compliance

You need your website to be in compliance with the EU’s GDPR, but you’re afraid that this will result in a loss of website analytics on user behavior on your domain. You’re in a dilemma – how can you be compliant…

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EDPB Guidelines and Cookie Walls

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted guidelines for GDPR compliance, clarifying what constitutes valid consent on websites and ruling the use of “cookie walls” illegal. EDPB is the highest…

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Schrems II and the Privacy Shield

In July 2020, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) struck down the Privacy Shield that secured unrestricted EU-US data flow. On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted two sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs)…

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Google Consent Mode

Google Consent Mode is a ground-breaking new feature that makes consent the defining condition for how Google Analytics and Google Ads run. Cookiebot CMP is ready and fully integrated.

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POPIA – South Africa Data Protection

South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) took effect on July 1, 2020 and enforcement began on July 1, 2021. In this blogpost, we break down South Africa’s POPIA – its key terms, rights, requirements and…

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GDPR Cookie Consent

Your website is required under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to let users from inside Europe control the activation of cookies and trackers that collect their personal data. This is the crux of GDPR cookie compliance – and the…

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CCPA Privacy Policy

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) carves out specific requirements for how businesses around the world are allowed to handle the personal information of California residents. Some of these requirements have to do specifically with a website’s privacy…

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LGPD Data Protection Law in Brazil

In this blogpost, we paint a broad overview of the LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais) – its substance and consequences for data protection in both Brazil and the rest of the world. We look at its…

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Australia Privacy Policy and Cookies

Australia’s Privacy Act and its Australian Privacy Principles (APP) require a website to have an updated privacy policy (known as APP privacy policy) that informs users of how it collects and handles personal…

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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

On August 14, 2020, the final CCPA regulations were approved and took effect immediately. This means that enforcement of the CCPA can now go ahead with the Attorney General’s Office as the lead supervisor. In…

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CCPA – California Consumer Privacy Act

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020. It empowers California residents with new rights over the data they generate every day, and forces companies who do business in the state to play by new…

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Automatic Cookie Consent

We have dramatically simplified the implementation of ‘prior consent’ on your website, so that the blocking of trackers right from the moment that the user lands on your website now has become automatic. This is a ground-breaking and unique improvement…

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Planet49 and EU GDPR

On October 1, 2019, the highest legal entity of the EU, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), ruled in the case of Planet49 that the only form of valid consent for processing user data in the EU is explicit consent, i.e. consent that is actively…

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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

California was one of the first states in the US to enshrine privacy as an “inalienable right” of all people, when it amended its constitution in 1972. On January 1, 2020, California became the first state to enact a data…

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CCPA and Cookies

Cookies are mentioned only once in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), along with beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad identifiers and similar technology. But don’t be fooled – cookies are very important for CCPA compliance, since they are…

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EDPB and Cookie Walls

A cookie wall is a way for websites to deny users access if they don’t consent to all cookies and trackers present on that website. However, the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) Guidelines on consent from May 2020 rule out cookie walls as a valid…

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GDPR after Brexit

Brexit happened. The United Kingdom left the European Union on January 1, 2021. Post Brexit, the GDPR will come to mean several things in the UK, as new domestic data laws will take effect. In this blogpost, we give you an overview of what is changing…

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Google Analytics and CCPA

Google Analytics is the most widely used analytics tool, implemented on close to thirty million websites worldwide. Chances are you already use it. But is Google Analytics compliant with the California Consumer Privacy…

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CCPA vs GDPR

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are two major data protection laws. But what are the differences between the CCPA and GDPR? How do they overlap? And how do you make your website compliant with both?

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CCPA for Personal Information

In this blogpost, we dive into the specifics of the CCPA’s personal information provision. What’s the exact definition? What are some concrete examples of CCPA’s personal information? And what does the CCPA…

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GDPR USA

In this blogpost, we look at how the GDPR affects the USA and how US websites can enable compliance with the EU data law through consent management platforms like Cookiebot CMP. We also take a critical look at the tech industry’s narrative of…

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CCPA Rights

On January 1, 2020, California residents woke up empowered with the new CCPA rights that bring them ownership and control over their personal information, including much of the data they generate every day online. We look at what the CCPA…

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Nevada Privacy Law

The Nevada privacy law is a state-local ripple in this great privacy wave. It was enforced on October 1, 2019, making it the first state privacy law to be enforced post-GDPR. It empowers Nevada residents with the right to opt out of…

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Consent Management Platform – CMP

A consent management platform (CMP) is a solution for websites to protect the data privacy of their users and be compliant with world’s major data privacy laws – the EU’s GDPR, UK-GDPR, California’s CCPA/CPRA and more.

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UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)

The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA ACT) is a domestic law governing the use of personal data and the flow of information in the United Kingdom. The UK is no longer part of the EU and a new and amended Data…

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IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF 2.0)

IAB Europe (Interactive Advertising Bureau) has created the GDPR Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) to support publishers, technology vendors and advertisers in…

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IAB CCPA Compliance Framework

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020. Compliance with the new California privacy law means that businesses must implement new procedures for how they collect and sell personal information.

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Google Tag Manager Cookie Consent

With Cookiebot CMP, you can easily make your use of Google Tag Manager GDPR compliant. Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP) is a featured community CMP Template in Google Tag Manager. Find the Cookiebot…

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Cookie Notice

Complete transparency builds trust between a website and its users, between the people and the internet: our digital infrastructure. The intersection of trust online is the cookie notice, cookie banner or cookie consent – it’s a flashlight on the…

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CCPA Compliance – California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Consumer Privacy Act took effect on January 1, 2020. It makes California the frontier of data privacy law in the United States. The CCPA empowers California residents…

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EU GDPR and Privacy Laws

The EU privacy laws consist of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Electronic Privacy Directive (ePD), also known as the ePrivacy Directive or simply the “EU cookie law”. They control the flow of data on the EU continent and form the…

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UK GDPR law after Brexit

The UK left the EU on December 31, 2021. After Brexit, the UK is no longer regulated domestically by the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which governs processing of personal data from inviduals inside the EU. Instead,…

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NOYB cookie banner complaints

On May 31 2021, privacy group NOYB led by Max Schrems filed over 500 draft complaints to websites in the EU for using unlawful cookie banners. Using a new tool that can determine the GDPR compliance of a…

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WordPress Cookie Consent

WordPress is a hugely popular website management tool. You might yourself use WordPress as a tool for your website. But is your WordPress website compliant with the GDPR/ePR and CCPA? Try the Cookiebot CMP WordPress plugin for consent management for free today.

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Cookie Consent Solution

A sense of dizziness might occur when the dimensions of online privacy issues are reflected on. It’s understandable to feel both disoriented and defenseless. A cookie solution is a vital, local tool to take back control of our online…

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Cookie Control

If you think clearing your browser cookies is enough to prevent you from being monitored, think again. The tracking industry is always coming up with new methods, and now it’s even possible to recognise users via hidden ultrasound signals in ads and browser…

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Why choose Cookiebot CMP?

Cookiebot CMP launched out of Denmark in 2012 on a mission to protect privacy and make the Internet a safe and respectful environment based on transparency and consent. Today, Cookiebot CMP is the world’s leading…

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Privacy Policy Generator

The privacy policy is one of the most essential legal requirements for websites. Even if you just have a small business or a blog with no income at all, you might be surprised to discover that you still need a privacy policy.

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Hubspot GDPR and CCPA Compliance

HubSpot helps you manage your inbound marketing with a detailed insight into your existing and potential customers. With the Cookiebot CMP App in HubSpot, your website can become GDPR and CCPA compliant.

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Consent management

With the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation from May 2018, obtaining proper user consent before tracking any of their data is more important than ever. But what does it take for your consent management solution to be compliant…

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GDPR Compliance Checklist

In this article, we’ll map out the topic of GDPR compliance, provide you with several GDPR checklists, discuss the requirements for GDPR cookie compliance and enlighten you on your legal and ethical responsibilities as…

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GDPR fines and warnings

ONE YEAR has passed since the European GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect on May 25, 2018. A helicopter view of the situation a year later reveals both challenges and promises to its enforcement and effects. Here is a…

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Cookiebot GDPR compliance report

When EU citizens visit their governments online, or when they access public health service resources about sensitive issues such as pregnancy, sexual health, cancer or mental illness, more than 100…

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Cookie Policy texts

Your website uses cookies and other tracking technology. This is no secret. But how you choose to communicate this fact to your users makes a world of difference. It is not just about GDPR and CCPA compliance, it is about respecting the private,…

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Cookie Scanner

The Internet has more dimensions than you can see. Even your own website has dimensions that are not immediately visible to you, and in these secret grey spaces hide trackers and intruders that see everything and remember all. Here, no privacy…

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Cookie Scripts

If you are not a developer, as I am not, the best way to understand this tech world is sometimes through metaphors. They risk simplifying things, sure, but they also lend us perspective on the rampant surveillance capitalism of the ad tech…

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Cookie disclaimers vs. cookie consent

Cookie disclaimers and cookie banners are not the same thing. Sure, you could use the words interchangeably, but there’s a big difference between the two when it comes to compliancy with the existing European data…

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Google sets industry standard on cookie consent

Google now requires full cookie compliance of all ad partners and points at Cookiebot CMP as a solution. Meanwhile, thousands of Italian websites has taken Cookiebot CMP in…

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Cookie Control

Efforts to regulate online surveillance and protect digital privacy has crystalized in the EU as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in the US as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In this blogpost, we look at…

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