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Nearly all websites may breach GDPR legislation around data usage

In an analysis of nearly 30,000 websites, 94.7 per cent had at least one potential violation of European laws requiring users' consent to store their data

By Chris Stokel-Walker

18 March 2022

A website stating it uses cookies

A website stating it uses cookies

Andrew Paterson/Alamy

Ninety-five per cent of websites may breach General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules around user cookie storage.

Cookies are files that contain small pieces of data about a website user based on the sites they visit, which get saved onto the user’s device every time they go to a website. Websites use cookies to tailor advertisements to the user, record what they have put in their online shopping basket and track the number of people using their site.

Since 2018, the European Union’s GDPR…

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