Blog: EU Privacy Laws
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French Cookie Compliance 2021 Crackdown
Website operators offering services to people in the EU must comply with EU law. The relevant laws are the ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These laws make it clear that the use of non-essential cookies requires opt-in consent. But many, if not most, websites remain non-compliant with...
Cookie Consent Requirements in Germany
Germany's Federal Court of Justice made a significant privacy ruling on May 28, 2020. If your website or app is accessible in Germany, this case has important implications for how you use cookies. In fact, the case has important implications for websites and apps accessible throughout the whole of the EU,...
GDPR: Don't Use Pre-Ticked Boxes for Cookies
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) passed in 2016, websites started putting up cookie banners in preparation for its 2018 enforcement date. But many of these cookie banners didn't actually comply with the new consent thresholds imposed by the GDPR. Nearly five years have passed, and most cookie consent solutions...
EU Platform to Business Regulation (P2BR): The Complete Guide
The EU Platform to Business Regulation (P2BR or P2B Regulation) is a crucially important law covering B2C (business to consumer) platforms and search engines. The P2BR requires platforms to overhaul their Terms and Conditions, provide a statement of reasons whenever they restrict, suspend, or terminate a business user's account, and set...
Privacy Checklist for Brexit Transition
The data protection aspects of Brexit have received relatively little attention in the mainstream press. But data is a crucial consideration for every business with customers, clients, or business partners in the European Economic Area (EEA). At the time of writing, there's still a lot of uncertainty about what will happen...
How Brexit Affects Copyright
Brexit will affect UK businesses in countless ways. A critical impact of Brexit is on copyright law. Rightsholders, and those dealing with copyrighted works, must consider how they will prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period. Changes are likely to occur in areas such as satellite broadcasting, database ownership,...