A cookie is a small file made up of letters and numbers, which is downloaded on to a user’s computer, smartphone or mobile device when they access your website. Cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s device. They are an important part of the internet and are used to store site preferences and passwords of users and are also used for online behavioural advertising, eg targeting advertisements at web users based on their previous web browsing history.
The law in Europe regulates the circumstances in which you can store or gain access to information stored in the computer equipment of an individual user.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (‘the ICO’) has taken part in a study along with eight other regulators into the use of cookies. The results of the study revealed that the average website places 34 cookies on your device and that a Cookie can last 7984 years! Read our update here.
Our written guides and precedent cookies policy and notices will help you comply. Find out more here.
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