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DSIR Deeper Dive - The Worst Cookie Recipe

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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

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The Cookies that May Bite Back

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK ICO Uses AI In Cookie Banner Review

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

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Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries

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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

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What Is a Cookie Notice, and Why Do You Need One?

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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

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Time to Update Your Cookie Banners? Helpful Guidance from the European Data Protection Board on Bad Cookie Banner Practices

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Sephora Settles with California AG for $1.2M for Alleged CCPA Violations Relating to Third-Party Cookies and User-Enabled Opt-Out...

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

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The Cookie Crumbles? EU Advocacy Group Files 226 Complaints Alleging Cookie Consent Violations

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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

Latham & Watkins LLP

Privacy Group Launches Cookie Complaints Campaign Against EU Website Operators Based on Its Interpretation of Cookie Rules

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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

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NOYB goes to war on the cookie banner terror

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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

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The end of dark patterns in “cookie walls”: German court bans deceptive designs

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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

BCLP

What industries utilize cookie banners the most, and the least?

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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

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What percentage of opt-in cookie consent banners ignore visitors’ choices?

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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

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What percentage of websites deploy a simply “notice” cookie banner?

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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

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What percentage of websites deploy a “deemed consent” cookie banner?

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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

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CCPA 2020: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Cookies and AdTech

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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

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What percentage of websites offer visitors the ability to opt-out of the use of advertising cookies?

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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

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What percentage of websites utilize a banner that seeks opt-in consent before deploying cookies?

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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

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What percentage of websites actually deploy a cookie banner?

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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

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When the Cookie Crumbles: Four Reasons Why Cookie Consent Does Not Work

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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

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January 2020: Survey of the Retail Industry’s Privacy Practices

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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

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Survey of Fortune 500 Companies’ Privacy Representations - December 2019

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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

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How many websites are using opt-in, opt-out, or deemed consent cookie notices?

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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

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How many websites in the United States are deploying a cookie notice or banner?

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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

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How many third party behavioral advertising cookies deploy on most websites?

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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

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