Cookies Policy – Consent Banner

We audit whether your cookie notice banner complies with the law

The authority acts ex officio: if your consent banner does not proactively block cookies or is misleading to the user, you are at serious risk of sanction. Our service is comprehensive: we review the legal aspects and solve the technical part if you need it.

How is a legal cookie banner?

How do I know if my website complies?

It is no longer permitted to collect user consent through the “Continue browsing” option. Cookies should be disabled by default until the user accepts them.

What changes does the new cookie regulations entail?

Eliminate the option to obtain consent through the option “continue browsing”

The CEPD has considered that the option to “continue browsing” does not constitute in any case a valid form of consent , since such action can cause confusion to the user, so it is difficult to understand that consent is being given unequivocally (free and informed).

The prohibition of the use of cookie walls if no alternative to consent is offered

From now on, it will be forbidden to limit access to certain sites or web content to which users who reject the use of cookies . For consent to be considered freely granted, access to the service and its functionalities must not be conditioned on consent to the use of cookies (unless these are technically necessary).

However, cookie walls or cookie walls may be used under these conditions:

The user is adequately informed about it.

An alternative access to the service is offered without the need to accept the use of cookies.

This alternative service is "genuinely" equivalent to that offered on the web and is not offered by a third party.

Changes in some aspects related to the revocation of consent

As a last point, we can highlight that the AEPD modifies and clarifies some aspects related to the revocation of consent.

The banner or pop up information on cookies must offer at least 2 options, if not 3:

"Reject Cookies" (or "Reject all cookies except those absolutely necessary").

"Accept Cookies" and / or "Configure Cookies".

Hiding the button to "Reject Cookies" in the first layer of consent is considered abusive to the user and is no longer permitted.

This will allow the user to select the cookies that will be used during their visit. This notice must be translated into all languages offered by the website.

Once you have accepted the cookie notice, you can browse without it appearing again.

That being said, just remember that Cookies cannot be activated on a web page until the user consent to it, and all policies and / or legal notes must be easily accessible from any tab.

How the consent banner should be now according to the cookie law 2021

Complies with the new regulations: from Edorteam we help you

If the cookie banner on your website does not have the characteristics described above, your company runs the risk of being sanctioned for an incorrect application of the LSSI-CE law.

Even if we are not the administrators of your website, check with our team of data protection specialists to evaluate if your website complies with the regulations or, if on the contrary, you must make changes. And if you wish, our web developers and programmers will take care of applying these changes to your website.

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Frequently asked questions about the Cookies Law

What is a cookie warning banner?

A cookie consent banner is a pop-up window that we see during our first visit to any website.

In it they inform us about the cookies used by this website and the personal information that they collect from us. Likewise, they give us the option to accept or reject the use of cookies, that is, we can refuse to collect our personal data as they will normally be used for advertising purposes.

Cookie notices began to appear in 2002, but regulations have been tightened to prevent companies from abusing the privacy of their visitors. At the moment, explicit consent of the user is required : those notices with a simple “Accept” button or, even, that closed automatically after a few seconds of browsing, are illegal.

Is it mandatory to have a cookie banner on my website?

Yes, according to the Cookies Law in Spain, it is mandatory to inform users about the use of cookies and obtain their consent. The cookie banner is a common way to comply with this requirement.

Why do I have to show a cookie notice on my website?

Because the RGPD and the ePrivacy directive establish it: you must inform your website visitors about the cookies you use and allow them to consent or not to share their personal data with third parties (that is, with your company).

How can I automatically accept cookies on my website?

To automatically accept cookies on your website, you must obtain prior consent from users. This is usually done through a cookie banner that allows users to accept or configure cookie preferences.

Is the cookie notice a program or just an informational message?

We remember that, until your users consent to the use of cookies, they must be deactivated or you will be violating the cookie law 2021.

This means that the cookie notice is not a mere informative message that we close to stop it from being displayed, but rather it entails a computer process that is part of the programming of the website. Your website must have a programming code that activates cookies automatically when a user gives their consent, preferably, without the need to reload the website.

It is also important identify which cookies can be classified as “absolutely necessary cookies” and which ones are not. The absolutely necessary ones may be active if they are essential for the operation of the website but, as expected, they are very specific cases. When in doubt, it is better to disable all of them.

What information should a cookie notice include on my website?

A cookie notice on your website should include clear and concise information about the use of cookies, the purposes for which they are used, and how users can manage their cookie preferences. It should also provide a link to the cookie policy for more details.

What is the cookie policy and how can I put it on my website?

The cookie policy is a document that describes in detail the use of cookies on your website, including the types of cookies used, their purposes, and how users can manage them. You can put it on your website by creating a page dedicated to the cookie policy and linking it from the cookie banner or the footer of your site.

What cookies are mandatory according to the law?

The law does not specify mandatory cookies, but there are some cookies that are essential for the technical functioning of the website, such as those that allow user authentication or session maintenance. These cookies do not require consent.

What is the cookie regulation in Spain?

The cookie regulations in Spain include the Law on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI) and the Organic Law on Data Protection (LOPD), as well as the guidelines and recommendations of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

What is the ePrivacy directive?

The ePrivacy directive is the European law that establishes the new 2020 regulations described above. Before the entry into force of this law, the cookie regulations were established by the RGPD, but finally a specific and tougher law was approved, since it requires the prior, unequivocal and informed consent of the users.

Why am I seeing ads for very specific products that I was about to buy?

This is called remarketing and it is one of the functions of cookies, to obtain personal information about its users: who they are, what pages they have been looking at, what products they have added to the cart, what their hobbies are …

Based on the information collected with cookies and with the help of online marketing tools, the user will notice that the advertising that appears while browsing or on social networks shows that product that they were about to buy a week ago or suggest becoming a follower of a social media profile about their greatest hobby.

This could not be further from chance, and year after year more and more creative forms of digital advertising are born. Hence the need to toughen laws such as the RGPD and the Cookies Law 2021, to preserve our privacy.