Is Cookie warning mandatory?
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Is Cookie warning mandatory?
Most likely, yes. If your website uses cookies (which all Squarespace websites do) and your website is used by people in the EU, the GDPR requirements for “cookie consent” apply to you. Here’s what the GDPR specifies you need to do to comply: Receive users’ consent before using any non-essential cookies.
YES. If you have UK or EU visitors to your website, then you must be complaint with UK and EU laws, including GDPR. Not only must you announce which cookies are on your website, what data they collect and how that data is used, you must give users the option to consent or opt out of cookies before using them.
No, there is not a cookie law in the US. However, some states have laws that regulate cookie usage as it relates to their residents, like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Non-US cookie regulations may also apply to US websites.
Are cookies illegal in Europe?
EU law on cookie consent is clear: Web users should be offered a simple, free choice — to accept or reject. The problem is that most websites simply aren’t compliant.
Is a cookie notice required in the US?
United States (Federal Laws) Privacy law in the United States (US) is very weak compared to many other major economies. Essentially, the US does not require consent for cookies. But there is a federal law that places strict restrictions on the use of cookies – the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Cookies themselves are not good or bad, it’s how the website that places them on your computer uses them that concerns the EU. The intent is to provide users with the details of what the website would do with the information they collected from you, which is why all of the notifications have a ‘learn more’ link.
Apple’s Use of Cookies. Cookies enable you to use shopping carts and to personalize your experience on our sites, tell us which parts of our websites people have visited, help us measure the effectiveness of ads and web searches, and give us insights into user behavior so we can improve our communications and products.
This use of cookies for targeting in particular is what the law was designed to highlight. By requiring websites to inform and obtain consent from visitors it aims to give web users more control over their online privacy.
How do I notify my visitors that I’m using cookies?
That means that you have to notify your site’s visitors that you’re using cookies, and you must obtain their consent for cookie usage. There are a number of ways you can go about displaying a cookies consent notification on your website. You can use a simple banner notification such as a header notification or a fixed footer notification.
How to block EU Cookie Law notifications on safari?
Filter the cookie requests using your preferred advert blocker for Safari and the block-the-eu-cookie-s***-list: Add https://raw.github.com/r4vi/block-the-eu-cookie-shit-list/master/filterlist.txt to your filter subscriptions if you want to block “EU cookie law” notifications and popups. Please note the swear word in the link is required.