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Google Consent Mode V2: Revolutionizing Data Privacy and User Consent Introduced in late 2023, Google…
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What is TCF v 2.2 – What publishers need to know

The data privacy landscape has high, yet ever-evolving standards. Version 2.2 of the Transparency and…
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Tracking Cookies and Data Protection Laws Have you ever tried to visit a website, only…
Quebec law 25 compliance and cookie consent
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Quebec Law 25 and cookie consent
The interplay of targeted advertising and consent. CookieFirst CMP.
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The Interplay of Targeted Advertising and Consent
Digital Personal Data Protection DPDP Act India 2023 – What You Need To Know
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Digital Personal Data Protection DPDP Act India 2023 – What You Need To Know
EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) - What you need to know.
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EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) – What you need to know
Cookie banners in Switzerland - What you need to know about the nFADP, the Swiss Privacy Law
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Cookie banners in Switzerland – What you need to know
What is a Cookie Policy and why do I need one?
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What is a Cookie Policy and why do you need one?
GDPR Compliance Checklist – 8 Steps You Need to Complete - CookieFirst offers Cookie Consent and Compliance
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GDPR Compliance Checklist – 8 Steps You Need to Complete
Dutch Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) will receive half a million euros extra budget for monitoring usage of cookies and tracking
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Dutch Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) will receive half a million euros extra budget for monitoring usage of cookies and tracking
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP) implementation in under a year.
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India’s privacy law – Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP)
Das revidiertes Datenschutzgesetz (revDSG) der Schweiz ist am 1. September 2023 offiziell in Kraft getreten
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nFADP Switzerland 2023 – new Federal Act on Data Protection
GDPR Top 5 Mistakes Made and Their Penalties
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GDPR: Top 5 Mistakes Made and Their Penalties
Oregon State Privacy Law (OCPA) Oregon becomes 11th US State with comprehensive data privacy law.
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Oregon Consumer Privacy Act – OCPA – 11th US State with Data Privacy Legislation
The UWV, the Dutch welfare agency, illegally collected data from welfare recipients to see if they were illegally staying abroad while receiving WW payments.
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Dutch Welfare Agency UWV illegally collected data of benefit recipients through websites
Amazon faces Dutch mass claim for placing tracking cookies without consent
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Amazon faces Dutch mass claim for placing tracking cookies without consent
What is a local storage item in relation to web cookies?
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Local Storage and Cookies: The Pillars of Web Storage
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Personalized advertising without consent: CRITEO fined 40 million euros by CNIL
What you need to know about the CCPA & CPRA - California Data Privacy Law
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What you need to know about the CCPA / CPRA in 2023
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CookieFirst launches Shopify App for cookie consent management
Tiktok fined 5 million euros in France for inadequate cookie consent
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Tiktok fined 5 million euros by CNIL for inadequate cookie consent
What is privacy by default and what does it mean for organisations and individuals?
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What is Privacy by Default ?
Data Privacy Laws - What you need to know in 2023
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Data Privacy Laws – What you need to know in 2023
COPPA - Whats Going On With The Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act
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Whats Going On With The Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act COPPA
Microsoft receives a GDPR / ePrivacy fine from CNIL in France due to lacking proper cookie consent
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Cookie consent: Microsoft must pay 60 million euros in France
What is Privacy by Design? The ins and outs explained by CookieFirst CMP
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What is Privacy by Design ?
Data Privacy - Why Consent does not equal Compliance
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Data Privacy – Why Consent does not equal Compliance
Government pages on Facebook pose privacy risks and use misleading cookie consent, according to Dutch ministry
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Government Facebook pages pose privacy risks, according to ministry
GDPR Cookie Banner - Don't use pre-ticked checkboxes for Cookie Consent
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GDPR Cookie banner: Don’t use pre-selected boxes
Facebook in court: Dutch want compensation for privacy violation
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Facebook in court: The Dutch want compensation for privacy violation
Twitter could face Dutch mass claim for 'illegal data trading'
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Twitter could face Dutch mass claim for ‘illegal data trading’
Top 10 GDPR Fines in 2022 - CookieFirst Consent Management Platform (CMP)
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Top 10 GDPR Fines in 2022
Brazil Cookie Consent - Brazil’s new Cookie Consent Guidelines
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Brazil’s new Cookie Consent Guidelines
PECR Cookie Consent - ICOs Guidance On Cookie Consent And The PECR
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PECR Cookie Consent – ICOs Guidance On Cookies & Consent
Assessment of Privacy Shield 2.0: Companies remain without legal security - Schrems III
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Assessment of Privacy Shield 2.0: Companies remain without legal security
Why is it important to use an EU-based Cookie Consent Solution? - CookieFirst CMP
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Why is it important to use an EU-based Cookie Consent Solution?
CPRA & Cookie Consent - All you need to know | CookieFirst Consent Management Platform
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CPRA Cookie Consent – All you need to know
What is a Consent Management Platform
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What is a Consent Management Platform?
Sephora Third-Party Cookies Case Serves As A Wakeup Call Before 2023 | Use CookieFirst Consent Management
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Sephora Third-Party Cookies Case Serves As A Wakeup Call Before 2023
Facebook users sue Meta for bypassing tracking security | Use CookieFirst Consent Management
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Facebook users sue Meta for bypassing tracking security without consent
South Korea imposes millions in fines on Google and Meta over privacy violation
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South Korea imposes millions in fines on Google and Meta over privacy violation
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Shopify cookies, how to make your shop GDPR compliant.
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Google Fonts and the GDPR: how does it work?
Criteo faces 60 million euro fine from CNIL for privacy violation
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Criteo faces 60 million euro fine from French CNIL for privacy violation
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Interview Kees van den Bos on Cybernews – CEO CookieFirst
How Organizations Should Tackle Their Data Privacy Requirements
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How Organizations Should Tackle Their Data Privacy Requirements
Connecticut Data Privacy Act - CTDPA - Connecticut will soon have its own privacy law
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Connecticut Data Privacy Act – CTDPA
Digital Services Act (DSA) Europe tackling illegal content and personalized advertising
Targeted Advertising
Digital Services Act: tackling illegal content and personalized advertising
European privacy watchdog EDPS releases its own social media network alternatives to Youtube and Twitter
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European privacy watchdog EDPS releases its own social networks
Dark Patterns are design and marketing techniques to deliberately manipulate people into doing things they might not otherwise do - CookieFirst Cookie Consent
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Dark Patterns – The Dark Side Of UX
Google Analytics 4 GDPR - Use GA 4 in a GDPR-compliant way
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Google Analytics 4 – GDPR
Google updates their cookie consent banners after French CNIL fine
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Google updates their cookie consent banners after French CNIL fine
APPI Japan - Act on Protection of Personal Information
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Act on Protection of Personal Information – APPI – Japan
NOYB launches second wave of cookie banner complaints
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NOYB launches second wave of cookie banner complaints
CookieFirst Cookie Consent CMP has migrated to EU sub processors. No more data transfer to US providers.
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CookieFirst CMP has migrated to EU sub-processors
What are the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) that the EU has planned?
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Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA)
DSG - das Bundesgesetz über den Datenschutz Schweiz - welche Änderungen sind Mitte 2022 zu erwarten?
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FADP – the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection what changes to expect Mid-2022
Outlook for Privacy Bills like the CCPA in 2022
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US Privacy Bills Like the CCPA in 2022
GDPR fines reach over 1 billion euros in 2021
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GDPR fines reach over 1 billion euros in 2021
Stricter rules for cookie consent in Czech Republic in 2022
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The Czech Republic Implements Stricter Cookie Consent rules in 2022
CNIL fine Google and Facebook
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French data protection agency (CNIL) fines Google up to €150mln and Facebook up to €60mln for cookie abuse
Consent will still be required if third-party cookies are phased out - CookieFirst CMP
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Consent is still required, even if third-party cookies are phased out
The United Arab Emirates announces their new data protection law, the UAE Data Law
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UAE Data Law – The United Arab Emirates Announces New Federal Data Protection Law
European privacy watchdogs EDPB want ban on tracking cookies
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European privacy watchdogs want ban on tracking cookies
IAB Europe is Expecting to be Present in Breach of GDPR
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IAB Europe is Expecting to be Present in Breach of GDPR
California Privacy Protection Agency - CPPA Begins to Take Shape
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California Privacy Protection Agency – CPPA Begins to Take Shape
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European Regulators Take Cookie Consent More Seriously – EDPB
Massachusetts Information Privacy Act (MIPA) - Privacy Bill
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Massachusetts Information Privacy Act (MIPA) – Privacy Bill
Top 10 GDPR fines October 2021
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Top 10 Countries with Most GDPR Fines – October 2021
UK wants to distance itself from GDPR
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Data protection: UK wants to distance itself from GDPR
PIPL - China’s Draft Personal Information Protection Law
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PIPL – China Draft Personal Information Protection Law
Federal Privacy Law or federal privacy act to be replacing state level privacy acts soon?
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Federal Privacy Law in the United States replacing state level privacy acts?
Cookies: 50.000 euro fine against SOCIÉTÉ DU FIGARO by the French CNIL
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Cookies: 50.000 euro GDPR-fine against SOCIÉTÉ DU FIGARO by the French CNIL
The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) will become effective on July 1st 2023 - Do I need cookie consent?
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Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)
South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and Cookie Consent
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South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and Cookie Consent
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GDPR
Chrome to support third party tracking cookies until the end of 2023
NOYB cookie banner guidelines blogpost featured image
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NOYB cookie banner guidelines
Dutch Dataprotection Authority 'Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens' calls for annual budget of 100 million euros - image of building Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Data Protection
Dutch Dataprotection Authority ‘Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens’ calls for annual budget of 100 million euros
Data Protection
UK GDPR: UK businesses now have to comply with two laws
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Virginia probably becomes the second US state to pass a comprehensive data protection law – CDPA
Privacy Law
Cookies: the French CNIL encourages private and public organizations to audit their websites and mobile applications
Amazon logo on building
GDPR Fine
Cookies: 35 million euro penalty against AMAZON EUROPE CORE
Carrefour logo on building
GDPR Fine
CNIL / RGPD Sanctions of 2,250,000 euros and 800,000 euros for CARREFOUR
Google Consent Mode integrates with the CookieFirst CMP
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Google Consent Mode supported by CookieFirst
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Covid-19 (Corona)
CCPA - California Consumer Privacy Act into effect starting 2020
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CCPA – California Consumer Privacy Act
Copra – Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act
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Copra – Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act
Vueling.com got a 30K fine for not complying to the GDPR
GDPR Fine
Fine Vueling.com €30.000 for not complying to the GDPR
European Court of Justice Rules that users need give implicit consent
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EU Court rules, users must actively Opt-in for cookies
European Court of Justice rules over German Cookie Law
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European Court of Justice rules over German Cookie law
Launching the CookieFirst consent management platform in 2019
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Launching CookieFirst, cookie consent manager
Mental health websites share unsolicited user data - image of person behind laptop
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Mental health websites share unsolicited user data
European web users don't like tracking cookies - European flag
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European web users don’t like tracking cookies

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