birketts – Cookies and compliance: a winter warning for websites

This year, Santa Claus will not be alone in judging the quality of your cookies over the festive period, as the Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) has already warned a number of the UK’s biggest websites that they could face enforcement action for failing to comply with data protection laws. This includes the UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (‘PECR’) – the two primary regulations which govern the use of cookies in the UK.