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CookieYes Launches Cookie Policy Generator as Global Privacy Enforcement Intensifies http://dlvr.it/TRpqkw
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Cookies
What is a Cookie?
An Internet Cookie is a small packet of information (piece of computer code) sent by a web host to a computer when you visit that host's website. A Cookie is a term given to describe a type of message that is given to a Web browser by a Web server. It's then sent back to the web host—automatically and behind the scenes—to the web host each time you go to that website.
Cookies are used by websites for a lot of practical reasons: none of which are meant to be harmful to you. In fact, they're designed to make your online experience go smooth and easy. You could say it's primary duties is to identify you to a regular website visitor or customer, present to you customized Web pages (based on what information the cookie has on you) and make it quick and easy to log in to a site.
https://seersco.com/cookie-consent-popup-generator.html
Baking cookies.
When visiting a specific website that uses cookies (and you become a customer or active visitor) you might be asked to fill out a form providing your name, e-mail address, and website preferences. Your answers are turned into a cookie and stored on your computer. The next time you visit that Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web server.
In short, the cookie helps the Web site electronically know who you (just your name, username and password, preferences and so on—not your life story). Think of it as a website concierge of sorts. Instead of being just anybody, you'll likely see your name somewhere on the home page, saying "welcome back."
https://seersco.com/articles/gdpr-cookies
Who doesn't like cookies?
A lot of people are not fans of cookies on their computers. Mostly, it's because of misunderstanding or misconceptions. Some time ago, a research company asked computer users about s and explain what they were. Here were the types of answers they received:
"Cookies are like worms and viruses"
"They can erase data from the user's hard disks"
“Cookies are a form of spyware and can read personal information stored on the user's computer"
“Cookies generate all those popup ads"
“Cookies are used for spamming"
“Cookies are only used for advertising"
The fact is, cookies are simply pieces of code or data placed by a Web server on your computer. It is not a software program, so it is not able to carry out any kind of operation by itself. It's part of a system that is in fact designed to make your web time more enjoyable and productive.
The upside and downside of technology.
Think of smartphones today. One feature, GPS (Global Positioning System) can help you find local restaurants, no matter what part of town, or the country! You’re in. How convenient! That's made possible by one feature: GPS, or Global Positioning System. Without GPS operating and interacting with the other smartphone features, you'd be left to find new places on your own.
However, that also means Big Brother knows where you are at any one time—and how does that make you feel?
That's how some people feel about cookies. Even though they help make your Internet experience better, they do it by keeping track of your web habits.
How cookies make online life easier.
Like it was mentioned earlier, cookies are designed to be helpful and they're in action more than you might know. Here are some examples.
Shopping: cookies are helpful with your "virtual shopping basket" on retail sites, where your place item to purchase. Thanks to the cookies help, you can navigate a site where items are shown, and add or remove them from the shopping basket at any time.
https://seersco.com/cookieXray.html
Logins. cookies make it easy to log in to come websites. When you put your username and password to log into a website, cookies help out by letting the website know that you're already authenticated, giving you the ability to do things that only registered customers (who are logged on) can do.
Personalization. Web sites also use cookies for personalization based on users' preferences. For instance, Google allows you to decide how many entries per page you want to see.
Research and relevance. Cookies are used by marketing companies and advertisers to track your movements across the Web and make that information available to the advertiser. With that information, an advertiser might know what kind of ad to put on a web page while you're online. It's no coincidence when you look up a brand of shoes or computer, and later, while you are jumping around the web, an ad for that product shows up onscreen.
Emptying the cookie jar.
Can you get rid of cookies? Most of today's browsers will let you decide whether you want to allow or accept cookies, and you can delete cookies after each online session using the browser's "history" menu.
In the end, a lot depends on whom you listen to. In some instances, deleting cookies might make it hard to use a website's features, such as a shopping basket. In other instances, allowing cookies lets some advertisers keep tabs on your behavior, not for your own good, but theirs.
Cookie Policy
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a very simple text file that gets downloaded onto your PC when you visit a website. They generally contain two bits of information: a site name and a unique user ID. Once the cookie is on your computer, the site "knows" that you have been there before and can then use that knowledge to tailor the experience that you have. The vast majority of commercial websites -- be they major online publishers, banks or e-commerce sites -- will use them.
https://seersco.com/cookie-policy-generator.html
What are they used for?
Cookies are used for many different functions including auto-filling forms, counting visitors, storing shopping basket items, personalizing content, targeting advertising and recording user preferences and for authentication and security.
How many cookies do sites drop?
According to a UK study by Trust-e, the average website has 14 cookies per page.
Roughly 32 percent of these come from the website owner and 68 percent come from third party companies, which could be analytics companies or companies that deliver advertising.
What is the so-called "Cookie Law"?
The "Cookie Law" stems from a modification to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive, which took place in November 2009. It aims to safeguard privacy online and protect web users from unwanted marketing. Cookies can be used to build up a profile of where you have been and how you have behaved online. The law aims to make sure that any company seeking to collect information about a web user must ask for their consent first. Prior to this modification, websites had to allow people to opt out of cookies. Now they have to opt into all "non-essential" cookies. The law was imported into UK law in May 2011, but UK companies were given one year to comply. The deadline for compliance is 26 May 2012.
https://seersco.com/articles/gdpr-cookies/
Who needs to comply with it?
The law applies to all member states of the European Union. Websites outside of the EU must comply with the law if they are targeting people within member states. So a website based in the USA that sells to people in the UK will also have to comply.
So what is an "essential" cookie?
The wording in the directive is broad, but the regulations specify that if cookies are necessary for carrying out or facilitating the transmission of a communication or is "strictly necessary" for providing an "information society service" requested by the user. Cookies likely to be deemed essential are those used for the shopping basket and checkout, those that provide security for online banking services and those that help ensure that your page loads quickly by distributing the workload.
What is a non-essential cookie?
Any cookies used for analytical purposes to count the number of visitors to a website, any cookies used by a first party or third party advertisers, including affiliates, and cookies used to recognize the user when they return to a website so they receive a tailored greeting or optimized landing page. These are the cookies being targeted by the new EU legislation.
Is this just about cookies?
The wording of the law talks about "local browser storage" and applies not just to cookies but to technologies that behave in a similar way, such as local shared objects (referred to as "flash cookies"), web beacons or web bugs.
How do I know if the website I operate uses cookies?
If you have any advertising or analytics tools you are likely to be serving cookies. However, if you want to find out exactly what cookies your site serves, there are a number of cookie audit tools that allow you to do this. Firefox has an extension called View Cookies, but there are other tools including the Attacat Chrome extension, Trust-e's cookie tracker and Tagcert. It's worth clearing your browser cookies before you do this. Remember that not all cookies are bad cookies -- some of them may be "strictly necessary".
How do sites comply with the Cookie Law from 26 May?
Technically, from 26 May, sites must gain the consent of their web users for placing non-essential cookies on their computers. The definition of consent is open to interpretation but must involve some form of communication where the individual knowingly indicates their acceptance. This may involve clicking an icon, dismissing a banner, sending an email or subscribing to a service.
What happens if sites don't comply?
Technically, the maximum penalty for not complying is £500,000 for cases where there is a deliberate breach of the law that causes substantial distress. There are also smaller penalties such as being sent an information notice or an enforcement notice.
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