
If you use Matomo cookies on your website, you may be wondering how you can integrate Matomo Analytics into your cookie banner in order to comply with GDPR requirements. In our previous guide we have already explained in detail what exactly Matomo Analytics is and how Matomo cookies work in relation to the GDPR. And…

In early February, Italian data protection authority Garante asked AI chatbot Replica to stop processing citizens’ personal data. The purpose of the AI software was to be a virtual “AI friend” for social interactions that did not require age verification. The DPA found that the AI bot had processed children’s personal data without their consent.…

In addition to a privacy policy, the cookie banner on a website is an equally important element of general data protection, but complaints about misleading cookie banners are increasing.With fines in store for 2022, we are currently in a state where website operators should be very cautious when navigating the privacy minefield. You certainly don’t…

As an internet user, you have probably encountered Dark Patterns several times. Dark patterns are deceptive designs that come in many forms with the aim of manipulating users. You are in a gray area of legality; not entirely legal, but not entirely illegal either, although organizations like the noyb are actively fighting against it. So…

Please note that we have started phasing out old codes. The phase-out schedule is July 01, 2023 and December 31, 2023 depending on the type of codes. Old codes must be found and replaced by then. This affects automatic block codes, manual/semi-automatic block codes, cookie list codes, vendor list codes, JS API access, AMP codes,…

(Update January 2023) The Belgian data protection authority APD, in a procedure that has been going on for a good year, on 02. Feb 2022 made a decision. The approximately 130-page explanatory text shows many weaknesses of the IAB TCF, but also many opportunities for reform. Is the Transparency and Consent Framework now illegal? What…