Blog: Cookies Policy Agreements

Page 6

EU Cookie Law

The EU Cookie Law sets rules on how websites and apps set cookies and other trackers. It's part of an important EU law called the ePrivacy Directive. The law requires website and app operators to get consent for certain types of cookies. The law also states that website and app operators...

Legal Requirements for Device Finterprinting

Cookies have been used extensively since the mid-1990s by operators of websites. These small files that get placed on your computer or mobile device were at one point in time the choice tool used for creating custom and relevant online advertising, and for tracking certain usage habits of visitors...

Netherlands Requirements for EU Cookies Law

In 2012, the Dutch Senate amended the Telecommunications Act with new rules dictating the appropriate use of cookies on websites and mobile apps. But the new rules require that opt-in consent must be obtained prior to any cookies that are not strictly necessary for the essential functioning of the website or...

How to do a Cookies Audit

The "Article 29 Working Party" recently ran a Cookies Sweep to determine what website operators are currently doing to stay compliant with the ePrivacy Directive, amended Article 5(3). Article 5(3) requires that all businesses in the EU must inform users when a website will place cookies on their computers and must...