The European cookie law: solutions

In a previous post, we have seen how different countries have implemented the European directive 2009/136/EC, aka the Cookie Directive. To comply with the local laws of each country, your visitors must be provided with a clear information about how cookies are used on your site (even third-party cookies), and an easy way to consent (or not) to them. We will now see what solutions we can implement to comply with these laws.

The European cookies law

A “new” online privacy directive is actively being implemented within the European Union since its inception in November 2009. It is aimed at giving the users control over how cookies are used on the websites they visit, giving their consent to their use before they are copied on their device. We will see in this post what this directive says exactly, and how it is implemented in local laws, focusing on United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal.