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What are Flash Cookies and how do they work?
A minor furor has been raised about privacy issues regarding Flash cookies. These cookies are small pieces of…
What are website cookies and where are they stored?
Cookies are usually small text files, given ID tags that are stored on your computer's browser directory or…
What is the EU Cookie Law and why is it important?
The EU cookie law is the nickname for the ePrivacy Directive. This directive is an EU legal act…
What is a Cookie Consent Manager and why do you need software for it?
A cookie consent manager is software that you can plug into your website code to run everything to…
CNIL Calls Organizations to Audit their Sites and Apps for Cookie Compliance
On February 4, 2021, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced (in French) that it sent letters…
Check out our new CookieScan YouTube channel
CookieScan has opened a YouTube channel and have started to put explainer videos to make it even easier…
Geo-location now available – get the correct cookie popup for location
Having a generic cookie pop-up makes it easy to set up on your website and looks good in…
Google Consent Mode
It is simple, they allow the site visitor to refuse the use of analytical and marketing cookies, thus…
Google & Amazon fined by CNIL over misuse of cookies
It is the largest fine ever issued by the French data privacy watchdog CNIL. US retail giant Amazon…
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CookieScan is looking at improvements all the time and listening to feedback from clients and potential clients. Therefore we…