Managing consent for cookies has become a key issue. In this two-parter, we look at what the regulators (and in particular the UK ICO) require in relation to cookies (Part 1) and then – in an industry first - review three industry leading consent management tools: Cookie Control, Cookiebot, and Cookie Pro (Part 2). GDPR Now! Is brought to you by This Is DPO. www.thisisdpo.co.uk. Guest Karen Heaton Director, Data Protection 4 Business karen.heaton@dpo4business.co.uk www.dpo4business.co.uk Host Mark Sherwood-Edwards info@thisisdpo.co.uk Corrections & Clarifications Cookie Control from Civic UK: -Cookie Control supports an unlimited number of categories. The categories can be updated/added at any point. -Cookie Control allows the user to define the time period that the consent is valid for. Also Cookie Control can be configured to request user consent if there is a change in the privacy policy of the website. -All Cookie Control Licences have no page limits including the free one. The Pro version simply offers more features like unlimited subdomains geolocation, multilingual support, integration with IAB and branding. -All licence costs are annual. Materials If you would like copies of the completed questionnaires, please email your requests to: karen.heaton@dpo4business.co.uk or info@thisisdpo.co.uk The three cookie consent tools reviewed are: Cookiebot https://www.cookiebot.com/ Contact: mail@cookiebot.com Cookie Control https://www.civicuk.com/cookie-control Contact: info@civicuk.com CookiePro https://www.cookiepro.com Contact: sales@cookiepro.com Questions, suggestion for improvement, ideas for issues to be covered in future episodes, or if you would like to appear one of our podcasts, please contact us at info@thisisdpo.co.uk Special Guest: Karen Heaton.