Cookies
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First-party vs third-party cookies and how browsers treat them
Where a cookie is stored decides its party: _ga and _fbp are first-party because scripts write them...
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Every cookie, explained.
What cookies do, which ones need consent, and how first-party, third-party, session and persistent cookies differ.
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Cookies
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Dark patterns in cookie banners that regulators fine
Hidden reject buttons, pre-ticked boxes and guilt-tripping wording make consent invalid. The CNIL fi...
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Cookies
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Cross-Device Consent: How to Sync Cookie Preferences Across Desktop and Mobile
Users visit your site from phones, tablets, and laptops. Without cross-device consent synchronisatio...
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Cookies
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Cookie Consent for WordPress: Plugin Comparison and Recommendations
WordPress powers over 40% of the web, but most sites still run non-essential cookies before visitors...
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Compliance
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Cookie Consent for SaaS Companies: Dashboard Tracking vs Marketing Site
SaaS companies operate two distinct web properties with very different cookie consent obligations. Y...
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Cookies
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Cookie consent rates in published studies, and what moves them
In a 2024 Bitkom survey of 1,013 internet users in Germany, 45% said they accept all cookies as a ru...
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Compliance
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Charity and nonprofit websites still need cookie consent
Nonprofit status changes nothing about cookie consent: analytics, advertising and donation-tracking...
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Compliance
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Cookie walls, pay or consent and the TCF for news publishers
A cookie wall with no alternative rarely gives valid consent, but the CNIL accepts a paid alternativ...
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Cookies
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Mobile apps need consent even when they set no cookies
Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive covers any storage on a phone, so an analytics SDK or a read...
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