Cookies
Every time you open a website a banner asking you to manage cookies is opened. What exactly are cookies and why are they important? Read below to find out what they are, how they work and what they’re used for. Over the last few years, legislative measures relating to a website’s privacy policy such as the Cookie law and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) have focused on cookies and their ability to record navigation data. Here below, we’ll give the precise definition of “cookies” and their function. What cookies are Cookies are small text files that store certain information about a user’s online activity, they are generated by web servers and recorded in the browsers where they remain until they become inactive or are deleted. Thanks to cookies, you can access a platform’s reserved area and your session remains active, or you can insert products in an e-commerce cart,…
What’s meant by privacy policy? Why must each website have information that clearly illustrates how user data are collected, used, and managed. What are the penalties in case of failure to comply with the GDPR? Blog and website managers are becoming obsessed with GDPR compliance and the need to draft their own privacy policy. Now, why is it necessary to draft a document that clearly illustrates how data are collected and managed? Above all, what must it contain? Users happen to leave their personal data like names, surnames, and addresses on the Internet, along with many other pieces of information that identify them and track their web behavior. In recent years, the legislator has paid particular attention to behavioral data collection for profiling purposes by websites. Hence, their use is now allowed only after the user’s informed consent. The European Parliament has regulated the matter with the General Data Protection…