Business in the EU

If you do business in the EU, then you may or may not know about the GDPR and cookies policies they require.

EU GDPR

From a purely legal perspective, if you process EU citizen data, this law applies to you. You can read more about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) here: https://www.eugdpr.org/

Here are a few helpful articles:

• https://postmarkapp.com/blog/gdpr-get-ready
• https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/01/technology/gdpr-data-privacy-email-consent/index.html?iid=EL
• https://www.scmagazine.com/gdpr-countdown-for-the-small-business/article/756118/
• https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/21/technology/gdpr-explained-europe-privacy/index.html

EU Cookies

The EU Cookie Legislation requires 4 actions from website owners who use cookies:

• When someone visits your website, you need to let them know that your site uses cookies.
• You need to provide detailed information regarding how that cookie data will be utilized.
• You need to provide visitors with some means of accepting or refusing the use of cookies in your site.
• If they refuse, you need to ensure that cookies will not be place on their machine.

Read more here: https://privacypolicies.com/blog/eu-cookie-law/

Note: We are not and do not give legal council at 3plains. This page is simply content about the EU cookie and EU GDPR policies, general information and why they exist.

Last Updated: 2024-03-16