How to Avoid the 6 Most Common Mistakes When Designing Your Consent Banner
Consent banners are found on almost every website, but many companies still make mistakes that not only affect the user experience but also pose legal risks. Here are the 6 most common mistakes and how you can easily avoid them: 1. Lack of Access to Legal Information and Unclear Data Processing A common mistake in […]
How to embed YouTube in a GDPR compliant way
If you embed YouTube videos on your own website, personal data of the user is automatically passed on to YouTube and its parent company Google as soon as the user reaches your website. The extent to which this happens depends on whether the integration was carried out in the so-called “privacy enhanced mode” or not. […]
Data protection liability risks: How web agencies navigate safely through the GDPR
When web agencies create websites for customers, they must also pay attention to data protection. There are liability risks here. We show you when you are liable and how you can deal with the risks. For web agencies, the question of liability in the event of data protection violations by the customer is a sensitive […]
Privacy-compliant tracking on websites
Tracking website visits is important for optimizing websites and online marketing. It provides conclusions about which topics work particularly well on the website and which marketing measures lead to results. We show you how to implement tracking in a privacy-compliant manner. As we all know, there are two sides to every coin. From the user’s […]
Designing the contact form DSGVO compliant
Designing your own website to be data protection compliant has been mandatory for all website owners since the publication of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) in 2018. This also applies to contact forms and all other forms on websites. While a contact form is an optimal solution to get in touch with the website […]
How to make a website warning-proof?
Making websites safe from warnings or penalties is the goal of every web designer. However, in order to execute this successfully, there are some warning traps to avoid and privacy rules to follow. In this article, we explain how to design safe websites, what can generally lead to a warning notice and how to find […]
Making the newsletter DSGVO compliant
Sending a newsletter is part of email marketing. Email marketing means that you send a commercial email to a large number of contacts at regular intervals. However, these contacts must have explicitly agreed to receive the newsletter. In the following article, we will explain which prerequisites there are for a newsletter that complies with data […]
Integrate Vimeo DSGVO compliant
As soon as you click on a website on which a Vimeo video is embedded, connections to Vimeo servers are automatically established and the user’s personal data is passed on to the company. Without indication of this or consent for the collection of the data, this is illegal and not in accordance with the General […]
WordPress DSGVO Check: What needs to be considered?
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) came into force in 2018, the rules for data protection have become stricter. Accordingly, all WordPress websites must be optimized and adapted to the DSGVO. With the help of a DSGVO Check, you can check whether your WordPress website is designed to be DSGVO-compliant or whether you still […]
Use WooCommerce DSGVO compliant
WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin that allows easy creation of online stores and is one of the most popular WordPress plugins in this field. Online stores can be customized in various ways, with many features and without any programming skills at all. However, the plugin does not comply 100% with the EU General Data Protection […]