Posts Tagged GDPR

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How to set up a Cookie Consent Banner

Sep01
by Ike on September 1, 2022 at 7:00 am
Posted In: Business and industry, Cookie consent banner, cookies, GDPR, Guides, Plesk, regulations, Releases, third party cookies, tracking

The time of collecting and storing data about your website visitors without restrictions or oversight is now in the past. Today, few are willing to risk the hefty sum for violating the rules governing access to personal data instituted by the European Union and known as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Today, we are going to focus on one aspect of GDPR, namely, the rules governing the use of cookies. More specifically, we are going to look at how you can set up a Cookie Consent Banner for your sites. Considering the amount of data routinely stored in cookie files,…

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Following GDPR and Cookie Regulations on Your Sites

Aug17
by Ike on August 17, 2022 at 8:39 am
Posted In: Business and industry, cookies, GDPR, Guides, Plesk, regulations, Releases, third party cookies, tracking

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force nearly four years ago, but the ways it is understood and applied in practice are still evolving. It’s been on the news that not everyone succeeded in making themselves compliant – in January, the French regulatory authority fined Google and Facebook (in the sum of €150 million and €60 million, respectively) for violating cookie laws. It is worth noting that Google has already been fined once for failing to follow cookie regulations (the earlier fine was in the sum of €100 million). The topic of cookie use draws more and more attention,…

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Full Site Check now scans for Google Fonts

Aug12
by Ike on August 12, 2022 at 12:29 pm
Posted In: Full Site Check, GDPR, German court, Google Fonts, IP, personally identifiable information, Plesk, Plesk news and announcements, Product and technology, Releases

Earlier this year, you might have heard that a German court ruled that embedding Google Fonts on your website without the user’s consent could be against the law. This is because the user’s IP is passed directly to Google when the file is downloaded. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, also known as GDPR, classifies user IPs as personally identifiable information (PII). So the website operator must obtain the user’s explicit consent. But don’t worry, there are solutions how to handle this issue: Embed the fonts locally Use another source without IP tracking For the first solution, there are…

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Updates to cPanel’s Privacy Policy and Customer Agreements

Jun08
by Ike on June 8, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Apache, CMS, Community, cPanel, Events, GDPR, privacy policy, privacy shield, Products, Releases, security, System

Privacy Shield Certification We’ve been keeping you up-to-date about how the GDPR impacts our policies and agreements.  Today we are making two changes to our policies that are affected by the GDPR. As I noted in my May 24, 2018 blog post, we had not, at that time, received notice that our Privacy Policy had been certified by the U.S. / E.U. / Swiss Privacy Shield program. Our Privacy Policy has now been certified, and …

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Update on GDPR Progress

May07
by Ike on May 7, 2018 at 6:26 pm
Posted In: Apache, CMS, Community, cPanel, cPeople, Events, GDPR, general data protection regulation, Releases, security, System

It’s been just about two months since our last update. Our GDPR compliance efforts are moving quickly. We are in the final stages of preparing a privacy policy that meets the requirements of the U.S. / EU / Swiss Privacy Shield process. If are a customer, and you need an advance copy of our privacy policy to facilitate your GDPR efforts, please email gdprquestions [at] cpanel.net. Data processing agreements We will soon be updating our …

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How we’re moving towards full GDPR Compliance

Apr26
by Ike on April 26, 2018 at 2:15 pm
Posted In: Data Protection, GDPR, GDPR Compliance, New EU law, Plesk, Plesk news and announcements, Privacy, Releases

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