Press Release
EU Cookie Compliance Software Company helps businesses ensure cookie compliance ahead of anticipated EU regulatory changes
LONDON, UK – November 24th – Cookie Reports (www.cookiereports.com), an innovative British software company offering organizations consultancy and cloud-based solutions for internet cookie compliance, is offering businesses a free web estate review of one of their websites as a form of cookie compliance health check.
The EU regulatory landscape for data protection will be changing in 2016. At present, responsibility for enforcement of cookie compliance is on a federal basis. It is widely understood that this will be centralised on an EU level in the near future. It is anticipated with this move we would also see a stronger stance on issuing fines to companies who are trading within the EU. These fines are considerable and are set at between two and five percent of global revenue. This free initial report will give companies a comprehensive insight into the cookies on one of their websites and a holistic view of their web estate, including links to sub-domains, organisation domains and links to third parties.
A key issue for many organisations is not necessarily the cookies they set themselves but those set by third parties. The Cookie Reports cloud based solution can be seen as a cookie ‘health check’ service, with a full audit of the website’s cookies and monthly follow-up reports on what they are being used for (be it for website performance, user experience or advertising purposes). The Cookie Reports team can then provide tailored advice and expertise to secure legal compliance, control unwarranted data access from third parties, improve the site’s performance and reduce the risk of brand damage as the result of a data breach.
Cookie Reports CEO Stephen Hickey says “With the threat of increased pressure from the EU on firms to comply with data privacy, we are seeing a greater interest from firms that require a clear picture of their compliance exposure. The magnitude of the fines and maintaining site visitor trust is making companies sit up and take not just notice but positive action to mitigate the risk they are exposed to through ineffective cookie management.”
Key benefits:
- Cookie Reports remove the risk of fines and brand damage. With the correct information on a website, the brand builds trust with users by complete transparency on what data is being collected from them
- Cookie Reports can support a range of sites, irrespective of their size or complexity. They operate in over 30 languages and have conducted over 40,000 site audits
- Third parties: businesses can control who has access to their site’s visitor data, and regulate suppliers on their access to their data
- Minimum work is required from the business, and peace of mind that the legal and regulatory requirements are handled by experienced consultants
