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OneTrust consent validation: Confirm cookie banner compliance

If your organization uses OneTrust or another consent management platform/ cookie banner, you have already taken a serious step toward privacy compliance. But real confidence comes from OneTrust consent validation: confirming that a well-implemented cookie banner not only collects consent … Read More

’Grove privacyschending’ door tiental websites: Tracking zonder toestemming

‘Grove privacyschending’: Tracking zonder toestemming bij tiental grote Nederlandse websites

De Telegraaf publiceerde vandaag een onderzoek naar tracking zonder toestemming bij een tiental grote Nederlandse webshops en banken. De strekking: bezoekers zouden gevolgd kunnen worden zonder dat zij daar expliciet toestemming voor geven. Als je verantwoordelijk bent voor privacy, security … Read More

Third-Party Tracker Detection: Scan Cookies and Trackers on Website

Third-Party Tracker Detection: Scan Cookies and Trackers on Website

Your website could be sharing visitor data with third parties every time someone loads a page, even if you have a cookie banner in place. Hidden trackers and cookies often fire in the background through tag managers, embedded content, plugins, … Read More

Website Privacy Trends 2026: Compliance Challenges & Checklist

Website Privacy Trends 2026: Compliance Challenges & Checklist

If your approach to website privacy compliance still centers on “we have a cookie banner, we’re compliant,” 2026 will test that assumption. The regulatory landscape isn’t changing because new laws appeared overnight. It’s shifting because regulators, browsers, and users are … Read More

Cookie Consent Management Platform: Just a CMP is Not Enough

Cookie Consent Management Platform: Why a CMP is Not Enough

A cookie consent management platform can make your cookie banner look compliant in one afternoon. However, the real question is simple: does it actually stop tracking before consent, on every page, every day? Here’s the story most teams recognize: You … Read More

Cookie banner illustrating consent signals and website tracking decisions before data sharing

From Cookie Banners to Consent Signals: What Website Consent Will Look Like in 2026

In late 2025, a familiar pattern started showing up across privacy conversations around consent signals and website tracking. Companies and plaintiffs in California are using a 1967 wiretapping law to target modern website tracking at scale, with statutory damages that … Read More

Black Friday: 77% van grote webshops deelt data vóór toestemming

Black Friday: 77% van Nederlandse webshops deelt data vóór toestemming

Black Friday komt eraan. Miljoenen mensen bezoeken in korte tijd dezelfde webshops. Ze klikken op aanbiedingen, vullen winkelwagens en laten hun gegevens achter.Maar, hoe veilig zijn deze webshops met bezoekersdata? Of is Black Friday een zwarte dag voor website privacy? … Read More

driekwart van websites wijzigt cookiebanner na waarschuwing Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP / Dutch DPA)

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens waarschuwt 200 websites. Hoe groot is uw risico?

Driekwart van websites wijzigt cookiebanner na waarschuwing AP De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens laat weten dat inmiddels meer dan 200 websites een waarschuwing hebben ontvangen vanwege een misleidende cookiebanner. Driekwart van deze websites heeft hun cookiebanner vervolgens aangepast naar aanleiding van deze … Read More

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EDPB Website Auditing Tool vs Nixon Pro Comparison

EDPB Tool vs Nixon Pro: Which One Actually Helps You Stay Compliant? If you run a website in Europe, you already know: privacy isn’t optional anymore. Between GDPR rules, consent banners, and cookie chaos, staying compliant can feel like a … Read More

Grote meerderheid Nederlandse politieke partijen heeft website privacy niet op orde

Grote meerderheid Nederlandse politieke partijen heeft website privacy niet op orde

De websites van politieke partijen vormen het visitekaartje van hun communicatie, maar ook een indicatie van hun omgang met privacy en transparantie. In aanloop naar de verkiezingen onderzocht Nixon Digital de homepagina’s van 24 partijwebsites op naleving van de AVG-richtlijnen … Read More

AI Governance for CISOs: Control Data and Consent

AI Governance: How CISOs Can Stay in Control When Data Starts Talking Back

Across every industry, AI is reshaping how organizations interact with their customers. Each department wants to connect more data sources, automate insights, and deliver smarter personalization. For CISOs, that ambition sounds both familiar and slightly alarming. Many organizations are eager … Read More

Why Consent Matters Before Letting AI Talk to Your Customers

Why Consent Matters Before Letting AI Talk to Your Customers

Before You Let AI Talk to Your Customers, Make Sure You Have Their Consent AI in marketing sounds exciting. Everywhere you look, you see promises of smarter journeys, personal messages, and systems that seem to know your customers better than … Read More