• Newsletter 01/2025

    Cookie Banner Legal Shield: Protect your business Game changer for cookie banners: consentmanager is the first compliance solution to take responsibility for legal warnings against its customers’ cookie banners. Not sure if your cookie banner is GDPR compliant? With consentmanager’s new Cookie Banner Legal Shield, your business is protected from costly legal disputes for non-compliance with the GDPR.…

  • Privacy-friendly tools for your website in 2025

    In a statement by the founder of WPBeginner, the average website utilizes around 30 plugins for functions such as analytics, SEO, and payment processing. As website owners increasingly rely on online tools and plugins, ensuring compliance with data protection laws has become more challenging. Since the introduction of the GDPR, fines within the EU have surged by…

  • Newsletter 12/2024

    New plugins for many CMS / shop systems With the latest update, we have taken a look at the plugins for the various CMS and shop systems and completely revamped them. In particular, we looked at how we can make onboarding to the plugins easier for clients: For example, instead of manually copying the code…

  • Digital Accessibility in Germany: Requirements for Websites and Apps

    Digital accessibility has already been introduced in Germany through regulations such as the Accessibility in Information Technology Ordinance 2.0 (BITV 2.0) and the Act on Equal Opportunities of Persons with Disabilities (BGG). Federal agencies, in particular, were obliged to make their websites and apps accessible to all users. The introduction of the Accessibility Reinforcement Act…

  • Polish Electronic Communications Law: Obligations for Companies

    The new Polish Electronic Communications Law (ECL) came into force on November 10, 2024. Since then, it has replaced the previous 2004 Telecommunications Law in Poland. The most important difference from the previous Telecommunications Law is its scope of application, which now also affects companies providing online communication services. It aligns the Polish legal framework…

  • Newsletter 11/2024

    Cookie Crawler now also available as a standalone tool Our Cookie Crawler is now even more versatile and flexible! From now on, you can also use it as a standalone tool – without having to create a CMP. The standalone option is useful for customers who do not (yet) want to switch their cookie banner…

  • Cookie Audit for Websites: Manually or with a Cookie Scanner

    As a website owner, you are responsible for your users’ information that is collected and stored by cookies on your website. Any cookie active on your site can potentially cause privacy issues, especially if it is not used for its intended purpose or, more critically, if it is stored in your users’ browsers without their…

  • European Accessibility Act 2025: Ensure your Cookie Banner is compliant

    The European Accessibility Act 2025 (EAA 2025) will soon come into force. Companies in the EU must ensure that their websites or online shops are accessible by the implementation deadline of 28 June 2025. This also applies to the first point of contact, the cookie banner, which must also be accessible for people with disabilities.…

  • Newsletter 10/2024

    New Mobile SDK v3 This month we are releasing our new Mobile SDK version 3.0. We have completely redesigned and improved the SDK for mobile applications for you. We have also rewritten the developer documentation from scratch and added demo apps to make it easier to get started. The new SDK is available for all…

  • 2025 Guide to a GDPR-compliant cookie banner

    Since the GDPR came into force in 2018, cookie banners have become an integral part of the digital user experience. Users now encounter these pop-ups almost everywhere, be it on websites, in apps or even on smart TVs. Accordingly, compliance with the GDPR on online platforms is being monitored more and more strictly. The fines…