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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.
Click the Cookies tab. Click Default policy. In the right panel, you have the following options: Notify visitors that your site uses cookies: click to toggle the switch on to display a notification to your visitors to show that your site uses cookies.
How would you implement cookie policy on a website?
Elements of a Compliant Cookies Policy
- State that you use cookies on your website and explain briefly what cookies are.
- Disclose what types of cookies you (or any third parties) are using.
- Inform users why you use cookies.
- Let users know how they can opt out of having cookies placed on their devices.
The Cookie Law is a piece of privacy legislation that requires websites to get consent from visitors to store or retrieve any information on a computer, smartphone or tablet. The Directive gave individuals rights to refuse the use of cookies that reduce their online privacy.
Cookies are small text files that websites place on the computers and mobile devices of people who visit those websites. A Cookies Policy is the policy used to inform users about the use of cookies by a website or an app. These files are then read by the website each time you return to the site.
What must a cookie policy include?
A CCPA compliant cookie policy must include the categories of personal information collected on the website, information about the third parties this information is shared with, types of cookies and other tracking technology and a description of the consumer rights and how to exercise these rights.
Our Privacy Policy explains our principles when it comes to the collection, processing, and storage of your information. The Cookie Policy specifically explains how we, our partners, and users of our services deploy cookies, as well as the options you have to control them.
To keep users’ personal information safe, EU law now requires that all sites using cookies seek express permission from users to store and retrieve data about their browsing habits. Updates to legislation mean that web designers have a new challenge: providing a great user experience while ensuring users’ privacy at the same time.
What kind of Technology is covered by the cookie law?
There are other technologies, like Flash and HTML5 Local Storage that do similar things, and these are also covered by the legislation, but as cookies are the most common technology in use, it has become known as the Cookie Law. All websites owned in the EU or targeted towards EU citizens, are now expected to comply with the law.
As an EU directive, member states were forced to make their own provision as to how this ruling was implemented. This meant that the cookies enforcement directive got off to inauspicious start, being implemented severely in some countries and not at all in others. In the past year or so, cookies notifications have become more commonplace.