Cookies and Consent Management
Google fonts or Facebook Like buttons on your website? Cookies without consent? Since the GDPR came into force, everything has become a little more complicated. Together, we will review your website and identify how we can make it GDPR-compliant and minimize liability risks in just a few simple steps.
Depending on your requirements, this may mean
- that we establish professional consent management, where users themselves decide which additional services they want to use and which they do not, or
- that we remove data-collecting services that are active on your site through plugins or default settings but rather unnecessary.
Analytics
It is often crucial for business to know what is happening on a website. The best-known web analytics tool is Google Analytics. However, this is a service that transfers personal data to the US. Access by authorities cannot be ruled out there. If Google Analytics or a comparable service is used, particular care must be taken to ensure transparency and obtain the consent of users. We would be happy to show you how you can use Google Analytics in compliance with the GDPR and what data protection-friendly alternatives are available in a personal consultation.
Forms
Web forms can perform a variety of tasks, such as
- customer registrations,
- orders,
- applications,
- surveys,
- and contact forms.
In most cases, personal data is transferred in these forms. Even self-hosted forms such as TYPO3 Forms or wpforms for WordPress may be subject to special data protection requirements. If third-party form services such as Typeform or Google Forms are used, the data is also transferred to a third country outside the EU.
Fonts
It should look good, and that includes using a suitable font. The web fonts hosted by Google Fonts are very popular because they offer a wide selection and are very easy to integrate into your own website. However, in a very everyday case, the Munich Regional Court ruled that the consent of users must be obtained for this, as otherwise their IP addresses could be stored in the US without their knowledge. We are be happy to explain to you how you can use popular web fonts without data protection issues in an introductory meeting.
Plug-Ins, Add-Ons, Extensions
Do you operate a website based on WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, or TYPO3? Do all users of the system have administrative rights? This alone makes it very likely that your CMS contains plugins that are relevant to data protection. These little helpers, often referred to as extensions or modules, are all too often installed without a second thought. With luck, the plugins are maintained by their developers and updated by the editorial team. With bad luck, however, you end up with malicious code or a major data protection problem. We would be happy to show you how you can protect your website, your customers, and yourself from this in an initial consultation.