How to comply with the Law of Cookies and avoid Sanctions in Spain

The new Law of Cookies amended in 2012 has established fines as a call to attention to electronic businesses so that they update their respective web pages; businesses in Spain have already been sanctioned. The following article summarises the event and provides an introduction to understand how to avoid committing these errors.

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The Economic Significance of the EU Data Protection Reform

The objectives of the data protection reform is to provide a higher level of control over collected data and unify data protection rules across the European Union. In the practice these measures will cut costs for Spanish companies who are operating in other member countries and thus make them more competitive on the global market.

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Penalty System of the Spanish Law on Protection of Personal Information

Following the reform of the penalty system of the LOPD, where authority reverts back to the Spanish Agency on the Protection of Information, both those individuals responsible for the files (organizations that treat personal information directly) and those in charge of the treatment of this information (organizations that handle Personal Information under commission) will be subject to the penalty regime of the LOPD.

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Consent To Use Cookies in Spain

This article highlights the essential aspects that information company service providers in Spain must observe to prevent the use of cookies on websites that may result in the violation of …

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