Data collected through websites.
WHAT COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES DO
Store or read information on a visitor's device.
WHAT CATEGORIES EXIST
Strictly necessary for the service Functional, remembering preferences Analytics Advertising and tracking
WHAT USUALLY REQUIRES CONSENT
Everything beyond strictly necessary.
WHAT STRICTLY NECESSARY MEANS
Without it, the service the user requested cannot work.
WHAT IT DOES NOT MEAN
Useful to the business.
WHAT A COMPLIANT APPROACH GENERALLY INVOLVES
No non-essential cookies before consent Clear information about each category Accepting and rejecting equally easy A way to change the choice later
WHY EQUAL EASE MATTERS
A prominent accept button with a buried reject is widely treated as invalid.
WHAT TO AVOID
Banners that only inform Pre-enabled categories Continuing to track after refusal
WHAT TO CHECK
What your site actually loads before consent.
HOW
Browser developer tools, on a fresh visit.
WHAT SURPRISES PEOPLE
Third-party scripts loading trackers they did not know about.
WHAT TO AUDIT
Every script on the site, and what it does.
WHAT TO REMOVE
Anything nobody uses.
WHAT TO DOCUMENT
Your cookie inventory and the consent mechanism.
WHAT TO REVIEW
After any change to the site.
