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TRUSTe PRIVACY INDEX
                               UK COMPLIANCE AND TRACKING EDITION
Tracking Activity and EU Cookie Directive Compliance for Top UK Websites
Companies adopting wide range of compliance solutions – continuing to deploy varying levels of tracking.

                               High

           12%
       PROMINENT
    COOKIE NOTICE
                                                              3%                             6%                                   3%
     AND ROBUST
       CONTROLS




                                                                                         17%                          23%
           51%
                               COMPLIANCE




      MINIMAL
    COOKIE NOTICE
    AND CONTROLS
                                                          11%

          37%
       NO COOKIE
       NOTICE OR
       CONTROLS
                                                              6%                           13%                           18%
                               Low
                                             High                                         TRACKING                                      Low
 KEY

                                                         20%                                36%                              44%
 Figures in bubbles reflect %
 of websites from sample of
 231 with corresponding
 Compliance/Tracker rating.
 Colours of bubbles reflect                        50+ THIRD-PARTY                    25-50 THIRD-PARTY               0-25 THIRD-PARTY
 Compliance ratings.                                  COOKIES                             COOKIES                         COOKIES


About the Study
TRUSTe, the leading global provider of data privacy management solutions, conducted an in-depth analysis of the efforts
undertaken by UK websites to address the EU Cookie Directive. The analysis was conducted in July/August 2012 on 231 top
consumer sites, including major travel, entertainment, news, consumer electronics, and e-commerce companies. The analysis
was conducted using TRUSTe’s Tracker/Cookie Monitoring Service in conjunction with website usability tests.

          NO COOKIE NOTICE/CONTROLS                                                           MEDIUM/HIGH TRACKING



             16%                               Low Tracking                                       17%             High Compliance
                                                                                        33%
                       49%                     Medium Tracking                                                    Medium Compliance


           35%                                 High Tracking
                                                                                                 50%
                                                                                                                  Low/No Compliance

                                            N = 84 websites                                                    N = 131 websites




LEARN MORE         TRUSTe Research, August 2012                    EU: 44 743 647 0089 | www.truste.co.uk   US: 888-878-7830 | www.truste.com

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