Greenberg Traurig Shareholder David Zetoony, co-chair of the firm’s U.S. Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, will present the MyLawCLE and Federal Bar Association webinar “AdTech, Cookies, Wiretapping, and Banners: The impact of changing laws and changing technology on the world of cookies (2024 Edition)” Nov. 14 at 4:00 p.m. EST. This program

There is little standardization concerning how cookie banners are deployed. Generally, however, most cookie banners fall within four broad categories:

  1. Notice-only cookie banners. A notice-only cookie banner discloses to website visitors that the website deploys cookies, but the banner does not give the visitor any direct control concerning the use of cookies. In other words,

The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, which is scheduled to go into effect in 2023, states that a consumer has the right to “opt out of the processing of the personal data for purposes of [] targeted advertising . . . .”1 Unlike other state statutes, such as the CPRA, the Virginia Consumer Data

While there is relatively little publicly available empirical data concerning website visitors’ interactions with cookie banners, the data that does exist indicates that user acceptance rates are significantly greater depending upon how many options are presented to a website visitor. For example, in one study researchers placed a cookie banner on a website that provided