Life With GDPR: Cookie Compliance
Universal Consent: Building Beyond Cookie Consent
Data Dividend: What is Personal Data Worth?
Privacy Litigation Trends: Meta Pixels, Cookie Opt-Out, and Sale of Data
Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries
Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry
E8: Interview with Cookiebot CEO on Technical Solutions to GDPR Readiness
Countless hours are being spent categorizing cookies and other tracking technologies to work with consent management platforms, part of a purpose-built industry aiming to help companies deal with the increasingly complex and...more
Would you like some milk with those website cookies? We know the common privacy joke. However, website cookies and online tracking technologies (collectively, “cookies”) are increasingly no joking manner as they can create...more
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office recently reported that it is continuing its review of website cookie banners. It had expressed concern late last year that these banners were not giving “fair choices” because they did...more
This breakout series will discuss the latest U.S. privacy compliance programs, and how trends such as sale opt-out and cookie banners are part of the “data revolution”. The series will also cover the intersection of...more
With the advent of ad blockers, it seemed like we were just on the cusp of distraction-free web browsing—and then data privacy regulations had to come along. Now, nearly every website has to bombard you with cookie popups and...more
When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses. This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more
On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Sephora for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The action places online consumer tracking, analytics and advertising...more
Specifically, the group is alleging that websites are commonly using deceptive cookie banners that do not adhere to the GDPR’s express consent requirements. In early August, the European Union data protection advocacy...more
The privacy organisation noyb will file more than 10,000 complaints for use of cookies contrary to its interpretation of compliance. On 31 May 2021, the nonprofit privacy organisation noyb (short for “none of your...more
On 31 May 2020, Max Schrems' organization, NOYB, launched a new campaign aimed at ending what they dramatically refer to as the “cookie banner terror.” The campaign was spearheaded by sending over 560 draft complaints to...more
Website operators are not permitted to use cookies and similar tracking technologies for analysis and marketing purposes without the informed consent of users, if this involves sharing personal data with third parties and...more
The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner, or splash page, deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies. Most cookie banners fall within three categories...more
56.6% The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner, or splash page, deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies. Most cookie banners fall within three categories...more
2.8% The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner, or splash page, deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies. Most cookie banners fall within three categories...more
11.6% The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner or splash page deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies. Most cookie banners fall within three categories...more
When the CCPA was enacted last year, BCLP published a Practical Guide to help companies reduce the requirements of the Act into practice. Following publication of the Guide, we wrote a series of articles that addressed...more
2.6% The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner or splash page deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies. Most cookie banners fall within three categories...more
10.6% The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner or splash page deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies. Most cookie banners fall within three categories...more
28% The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner, or splash page, deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies. There is little standardization concerning how cookie banners are deployed. ...more
It is impossible to browse the Internet without bumping into a popup window requesting consent to enable cookies on the web page. Website cookies are text files saved to devices that contain information about a person’s...more
With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), retailers have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more
With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), companies have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more
The term “cookie notice” or “cookie banner” refers to a banner, splash page, or other notice that deploys on a website to inform visitors that the site uses cookies. While cookie banners are fairly ubiquitous in the European...more
The terms “cookie notice” or “cookie banner” refer to a banner, splash page, or other notice that deploys on a website to inform visitors that the site uses cookies. While such disclosures are fairly ubiquitous in the...more
In order to help companies understand and benchmark industry practice, BCLP analyzed a random sample of the homepages of the Fortune 500 to better understand their use of cookies, cookie notices, and cookie banners. As of...more