READ ABOUT PRIVACY AND COOKIES.
Is your website compliant?
Privacy protection must be an integral part of every website.
After the latest updates made by the Data Protection Authority regarding the management of cookies, all websites must be made compliant in order to avoid penalties that can also be very severe. We have prepared this short, practical guide to help you understand what has changed, what is required of you and, above all, how you can make your website compliant without going crazy over legal quibbles at an extremely convenient price, by selecting the best solutions available on the market.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
If your website is aimed at EU citizens and you - or embedded third-party services such as Google or Facebook - collect and process personal data of any kind, you must comply with the rules and obtain prior consent from visitors.
FIRST NAME
ADDRESS
LOCALIZATION
ONLINE IDENTIFIER
HEALTH INFORMATION
INCOME
CULTURAL PROFILE
OTHERWHAT HAS CHANGED?
THE MAIN CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COOKIES MADE BY THE DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY REGARD:
1
The method of collecting and managing consent to cookies
IT IS NO LONGER COMPLIANT:Cookie wall
Banners or bars that oblige the user to accept in order to continue browsing.
Scrolling
Scrolling the page or continuing to navigate as an expression of consent.
YOU NOW NEED TO:Give users the ability to accept or reject cookies through clearly visible buttons.
Give users the ability to choose the categories of cookies to accept or reject.
Keep the preferences expressed for at least 6 months so as not to have to ask them at every access.
2
The rules for the management of statistical cookies
First party statistical cookies
It is no longer necessary to request any consent
Third party statistical cookies
(eg. Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager)
Consent is required and there are some new restrictions
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO PROVIDE YOU WITH THEIR DATA.
How?
By modifying your site and making it compliant with new regulations. In practice, you have to adapt the entire management of cookies, starting from the cookie bar to the cookie policy and the privacy policy.
It is not an easy matter!
It's worth choosing a good software solution to avoid the risk of getting lost between legal quibbles and technical details, wasting time and money and, in the end, maybe making a mistake
It is the perfect solution to work independently. With the help of a suitable toolkit you can easily scan your site, create policies, manage cookie banners and much more.
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Disclaimer:
This guide cannot be understood as a legal opinion on the adoption of the legislation relating to cookies. It is therefore recommended to check the text of the law and the guidelines issued by the Authority.