Cookies And Trackers: Are Your Websites And Mobile Apps Compliant?

When visiting a website or using mobile apps, users must be informed and give their consent before cookies or other trackers are deposited or read, unless these trackers benefit from one of the exemptions provided for by law.

Following the publication of its guidelines and recommendation on October 1, 2020, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (French Data Protection Authority, hereinafter the "CNIL") has given until March 31, 2021 to bring websites and mobile apps into compliance with the new rules.

What is a cookie or a tracker?

The terms "cookie" or "tracker" cover for example:

• HTTP cookies,
• "flash" cookies,
• the result of the calculation of a unique fingerprint of the terminal in the case of "fingerprinting" (calculation of a unique identifier of the terminal based on elements of its configuration for tracking purposes),