Even cookies which customise a website (such as providing a greeting message) are deemed to be non essential. Essential cookies are generally those which enable an online checkout process to work properly - or if required for technical or security purposes. Failure to comply with the Cookie Law can lead to fines of up to £500,000. Jan 15, 2018 In recent years, the usage and complexity of browser cookies has increased significantly while going largely unnoticed by most users. In this post we’ll summarize how cookies are used to gather information about you and what you can do to minimize this invasive monitoring. Learn how to manage web cookies to protect your online privacy.
- However, cookies can be set to aggressively track and gather user’s online browsing habits for some advertising purposes to invade your privacy. Therefore, if you do not like the idea of being monitored, have a good habit to clear the cookies whenever you could to protect your own privacy.
- Nearly every website is subject to various privacy laws around the world, including ecommerce websites. If you own or operate an ecommerce website or store, you must comply with privacy laws where your online shoppers live.
- Cookies are also vulnerable during transport, so you should apply HTTPS and make sure your sensitive cookies are not transmitted using plain HTTP by specifying Secured cookie attribute. To defend against Cros Site Request Forgery, you should add the SameSite attribute with either strict or lax value.
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Data protection considerations
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The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) is designed to regulate the use of personal data by businesses and other organisations. The DPA is the main legislation implementing the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in the UK.
Anyone processing personal data must ensure that it is:
- used fairly, lawfully and in a transparent manner;
- collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes;
- adequate, relevant and its collection limited to what is necessary;
- accurate and kept up to date;
- kept in a form that enables identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary;
- handled according to the data protection rights of individuals;
- kept secure and not transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA) without adequate protection.
From 25 May 2018, organisations that determine the purpose for which personal data is processed (i.e. data controllers) must pay the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) a data protection fee unless they are exempt. To find out more about the data protection fee, see the guidance on the ICO's website.
Cookies are files stored on a computer’s browser by websites which can be used for various purposes, often related to marketing or advertising.
GDPR
If you use cookies to uniquely identify a device or the person using that device, it is considered personal data under the GDPR. This means that cookies used for analytics, advertising and functional services come within the ambit of the GDPR. Yuri 2 0. To be compliant, you'll need to stop collecting cookies that uniquely identify individuals or find a lawful ground to collect and process that data, for example, consent.
Such consent must be:
- given through a clear affirmative action, such as clicking an opt-in box or choosing settings or preferences on a settings menu. Simply visiting a website doesn’t count as consent.
- given freely and genuinely
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It must be as easy to withdraw consent as it is to give it. This means that if you want to tell people to block cookies if they don’t give their consent, you must make them accept cookies first. You must also give people the option to change their mind, i.e. by providing an opt-out option. This is especially important if you wish to implement the 'soft opt-in' option.
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) set out certain online marketing obligations and govern the use of cookies (also known as the Cookie Law).
Under the PECR, websites cannot use 'non essential' cookies unless the consent of the user is expressly given - in other words, users must first opt-in before such cookies can be deployed.
Non-essential cookies are those which are used for analytical purposes or to assist with advertising. Even cookies which customise a website (such as providing a greeting message) are deemed to be non essential.
Essential cookies are generally those which enable an online checkout process to work properly - or if required for technical or security purposes.
Failure to comply with the Cookie Law can lead to fines of up to £500,000. There are also smaller penalties, such as being sent an information notice or an enforcement notice.
A website privacy policy helps to reassure visitors that their personal data is protected and can assist in compliance with the GDPR and the Cookie Law.
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