A short presentation about what your website needs to be compliant with new Ecommerce law

1. Changes In
Ecommerce Law
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2. Firstly what are cookies?
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3. Cookies is the term used to refer to information a
website may store about you during your visit to that
website.
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4. Why do Websites track cookies?
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5. There are a number of reasons - they can allow you to
autofill username and password boxes on return visits
or can track where you are clicking on the site for
market research.
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6. So whats changed In the law?
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7. Websites must now inform visitors that they track
cookies so if a visitor is not happy for that to happen
they can leave the site.
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8. Do I need to get consent from
customers/visitors to my site?
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9. No, despite the ICO (Information Commissioner's
Office) originally wanting websites to obtain consent,
they have deemed that implied consent is satisfactory
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10. Cant I just upload my privacy policy?
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11. It is not enough to update your privacy policy as
customers rarely view that page of your site. You must
notify them on the page they arrive at your site (which
could be ANY page of your website)
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12. So what about my privacy policy?
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13. Your privacy policy should be updated with the new
information about how your website tracks cookies.
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14. How do I change my website to include
the new information?
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15. Unfortunately you will have to contact your web
designer/developer and ask them to add a small pop
up to each page covering the cookies information.
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16. For more help on running an online business visit the
Ecommerce section of Legal Centre's website:
http://www.legalcentre.co.uk/ecommerce/
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