🇮🇹 🍪 The Italian Garante new guidelines for GDPR and Cookies use on Joomla! websites

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In this blog-post, we would like to inform you that in the newest version (v4.2.0-changelog) of the Cookies Policy Notification Bar for Joomla!, there are many new features and improvements, and the plugin is fully compliant with the new guidelines of the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) which deadline is set at January 10th, 2022.

On June 10th, 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has published new guidelines for cookie usage.

The aim of these new guidelines is to identify the legal requirements applicable to the use of cookies and to suggest technical solutions to correctly implement these obligations and avoid sanctions.

So even if you think your banner is GDPR compliant, re-read the main points of the Italian authority because there are some new features you may not have included yet!

What are the modalities ?

Any website that have users based in Italy are concerned by these new guidelines.

The deadline to comply is set at January 10th, 2022.

The penalties if you do not comply with these new guidelines are as follows:

  • Omission or inadequate information : from €6,000 to €36,000
  • Installation of cookies without consent : from €10,000 to €120,000

What are the guidelines ?

1. Precision of what is a Consent and how to collect it

  • The act of giving consent must be “free, specific, informed and unambiguous”

  • There must be a command (e.g. an ‘X’) to close the banner without giving consent to the use of cookies or other profiling techniques by maintaining the default settings.

  • Scrolling is not a clear, affirmative positive action from the user to collect consent.
  • Cookie walls are not allowed.

2. About cookie banner

  • “Accept” and “Reject” buttons are required.

  • The user’s personal data storage period must be specified.

  • The banner must contain a link to the privacy policy.

  • The user must be able to give/withdraw consent granularly according to purposes and providers.
  • Users must be able to access and edit their tracking preferences at any time after setting their initial preferences.

  • New specifications for the accessibility of cookie information in relation to persons with disabilities;

3. Analytics and technical cookies

  • Analytical cookies require consent (subject to certain conditions)
  • Technical cookies do not require consent

4. Validity of consent

  • Consents collected before the publication of the new Garante Guidelines on cookies, if they comply with the characteristics required by the Regulation, are valid as long as, at the time of their acquisition, they have been recorded and can therefore be documented.
  • The banner may not be shown to users before 6 months have passed since the consent was collected.

5. Proof of consent

  • You need to be able to prove that consent was obtained according to the standards of the GDPR.

In concrete terms, what is a good cookie banner?

  • Sufficient size to create a graphic discontinuity with the rest of the site, but not such as to push the user to make unconscious choices simply to get rid of it
  • Responsive, clear colour and font, easy to distinguish
  • Short information with a link to the extended cookie policy

How to be compliant with the Italian guidelines with the Web357 Cookies Policy Notification Bar on a Joomla! website?

Web357 Cookies Policy Notification Bar for Joomla!Our Cookies Policy Notification Bar Joomla! plugin has many parameters and helps you to be compliant in a simple way without losing performance or visibility. Fast to set up, Easy to manage, personalised, the Cookies Notification Bar is the solution you needed to be compliant before January, 10th, 2022!

If you have any questions or do you need any help, feel free to send us a message.

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