The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force since May 2018 and has, among other things, significant effects on websites: Website operators must observe various things, otherwise they face severe penalties.

The individual points of the GDPR are well known, and most web designers simply work through them to avoid any problems. However, when we consider the purpose of the GDPR, this behavior is paradoxical.

The GDPR protects consumers from the collection and further use of their personal data without their consent. This measure is good and correct, but most websites try to circumvent this with annoying requests (cookie banners) – and this is completely unnecessary! The following article addresses this very topic:

Why cookie banners are a bad idea

It goes without saying that I pay attention to the GDPR on my websites and that you as a customer do not have to get involved in the topic.In particular, I pay attention to the following points:

• SSL encryption

  All websites are delivered via the encrypted SSL protocol and are therefore recognized as secure by browsers. I generally work with free Let's Encrypt certificates.

• No Cookie Banner

  In most cases, so-called “persistent cookies” can be dispensed with, meaning that the cookie banner, which is annoying for visitors, is no longer necessary.

• No Google Analytics

  I use Matomo Analytics to analyze visitors to your website. This analytics tool offers a similar range of features to Google Analytics, but can be operated in compliance with GDPR, which is not the case with Google Analytics. It runs on the same web servers as your website. This ensures that no user data is transferred abroad. IP anonymization ensures that visitors are tracked anonymously.

• No Google Maps

  The interactive Google Maps also cannot be used in compliance with GDPR. If an interactive map is desired, I work with OpenStreetMap. Caching on the ilumi servers (proxy server) ensures GDPR-compliant use.

• Fonts

  If you want to use fonts other than the default system fonts, the free Google Fonts are a good option. To ensure GDPR compliance, these fonts are also self-hosted.

• Sharing buttons

  The buttons for sharing a website on Facebook and other social networks are usually offered ready-made by the platforms – but they are not GDPR compliant. Therefore, the buttons have all been reprogrammed so that no visitor data is transferred before the actual click.

• Privacy Policy

  Even though I cannot guarantee legal certainty as a non-lawyer, I can formulate data protection provisions tailored to your website.

I'm happy to advise you as a client on GDPR. Here, too, you don't need to delve into the details; I'll take care of it for you! If a legally sound statement is essential in complex cases, I work with the law firm Trojan Mühr, whose specialties include competition, IT, and data protection:

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...Do you have any questions? I look forward to hearing from you!

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