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The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta 91 million euros for inadvertently storing users' passwords.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission on 22 October 2024 fined LinkedIn €310 million for data privacy violations. This is one of the largest fines in GDPR history.

What is CCPA data mapping? Do I need to perform CCPA data mapping? What are the best practices to implement it? Read this comprehensive guide to find out.

How to write a Privacy Policy for the website? Find out key elements of the Privacy Policy for the website and tips for writing an effective Privacy Policy.

My website doesn’t show Google ads: why is it so, is it related to the Cookie Banner, and how to solve the problem? Read this guide to find answers to these questions.

What is a website checker, what it is used for, and how to use it? Read this blog to get more insights about a website cookie checker.

CookieScript CMP received the GOLD tier at the new Google tiering system! Find out what does it mean.

Read this comprehensive GDPR guide— the only guide you need to read to learn about the GDPR.

The Dutch data protection watchdog fined Uber with €290 million for transferring European drivers' data to the US. Find out more.

Google makes its dark web monitoring tool free for everyone. Learn what is dark web monitoring and what personal data could be tracked.

Google dropped out its plans to remove Third-Party Cookies. This ends a four-year effort to replace cookies with other alternatives.

On July 2, 2024, the Lithuanian data protection supervisory authority imposed a fine of €2,385,276 on Vinted UAB for violating the GDPR following data subject complaints.

Google created Google Consent Mode v2. How is Microsoft responding to the new privacy regulations? Read about Microsoft Consent Mode and Universal Event Tracking (UET). 

CookieScrit is the top-ranked Consent Management Platform (CMP) for small businesses according to the popular review site G2! Find out the details.

The introduction of Google Consent Mode v2 introduced enhanced data collection requirements and user privacy, which will affect digital marketing tools like Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Google Ads. Read more to adapt to these changes.

Is the Pay or Consent Model allowed by the GDPR? Read this blog article to learn about what is the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) opinion on the Meta Pay or Consent Model.

What is consent fatigue and why should you combat consent fatigue? Read this blog post to learn more about it and explore methods to mitigate consent fatigue.

How to get your users to accept cookies? How does the Cookie Banner design affect the Cookie Banner acceptance rate? Rely on the experimental data from published studies.

Read this article to know what dark patterns are, what type of Cookie Banner design is legal and what is not, and what privacy laws say about dark patterns.

Read this latest guide to learn about how to view and access cookies in a web browser manually in 2024. Check cookies on Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and iPhone, both on the desktop and mobile versions.

If you really want to understand how GA4 works and/ or if you want to implement cross-domain consent or cross-device tracking, you need to understand what are GA4 cookies and how do they work. Read this blog to find out.

What is the Basic Google Consent Mode v2? What is the Advanced Google Consent Mode v2? Which one to choose? Read this blog to find out.

Google Consent Mode conversion modeling uses AI to analyze and predict conversions. Read to learn how to employ it to increase your website conversion rate.

Cookie Banner opt-in rates are very important for website owners and marketers. Read this blog to find out some statistics about Cookie Banner acceptance rate, and how to improve it, which could eventually lead to increased revenues.

The introduction of the DMA is expected to result in big users’ data losses. To bypass this data loss, Google created the Google Consent Mode v2, which uses behavioral modeling, especially with GA4.

Want to sell cookie banners and have a CMP with your own unique branding? CookieScript offers a white label solution for your needs.

What Is Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), when is it mandatory, and how to conduct DPIA? Read the guide to learn more about it.

If you received an image from the Google Ads interface, a reminder “Implement consent for ads personalization", read this blog to solve the issue.

Starting from January 16, 2024, to continue serving ads to users in the EU, EEA, and/or the UK, publishers and developers must use a Google-certified CMP. Read the guide on how to choose one.

Read the blog to know what local storage and session storage is, what the difference between local storage, session storage, and cookies are, and whether using them is compliant with privacy laws.