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GDPR & Recaptcha: How to stay compliant with GDPR

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Google Recaptcha is a great tool for preventing spam and abuse of your website. It’s easy to integrate, effective and free. What’s not to like? Well, while this tool is great for preventing spam, it can create another set of problems for you in terms of GDPR compliance.  In this article we will explore how …

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GDPR & Google Analytics 4: What you need to know

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Thinking of switching to the new Google Analytics 4? Stay GDPR compliant by reading our short guide where we’ll outline the areas you should pay the most attention to when making the switch. Switching to Google Analytics 4 gives marketers & site managers a wide range benefits: Machine learning: access to automatic insights and improved …

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Do you need a GDPR Representative in the EU?

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By the time the UK left the EU on the 1st January 2020, the European Union’s GDPR rules and been written into UK law under the Data Protection Act. The rules have stayed almost identical to the original EU GDPR text, with the exception of some local previsions relating to enforcement and action, and the …

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The most common cookie banner mistakes and how to fix them

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Is your cookie banner breaking the law? Probably. Most website owners will remember the rush many years ago, to comply with the “EU Cookie Law”. The original 2011 directive made cookie notices a part of internet life. But it didn’t really do much for people’s privacy. Compliance was at best — patchy. Some of us …

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Security firm fined under GDPR after employee used WhatsApp to transfer personal information

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On the 10th July 2020, the AEPD – Spain’s data protection authority initiated a sanctioning procedure to fine the Barcelona Airport Security Guard Association (AVSAB) under the GDPR. The case found that a member of the AVSAB security group had used WhatsApp to send messages to private phone numbers containing personal information about employees.  The …

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Hotel group fined approx 148,000 euros for failing to delete over 500,000 customer profiles

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If you have old contacts sitting around in your CRM or email marketing software, now is the time to delete them. Because recent cases tell us, regulators are paying increasing attention to GDPR’s requirement to only keep data for as long as you need it. On the 27th of August 2020, Danish data protection authority …

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Spanish Data Authority (AEPD) fines e-commerce website €3,000 for unlawful cookie practices

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On 6 August 2020, the AEPD (Spain’s data authority) decided to fine Grow Beats SL, an e-commerce company that targets a young audience to sell audio equipment like earphones and speakers, €3,000 for unlawful cookie practices. The fine relates to their unlawful use of cookies on the website. Specifically, that there mechanism was established to …

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