Which EU legislation requires websites to gain a user's permission before storing information on their device?
EPrivacy Directive
Which term describes a visitor agreeing that a website may store and access information on their device?
Cookie consent
What is a first party cookie?
A cookie created and used by the website the user is visiting
What does the right to be forgotten allow an individual to do?
Ask an organisation to erase the personal data it holds about them
A customer objects to a company using their personal data for marketing and asks for it to be deleted. What must the company do?
Delete the customer's personal data
Which statement describes a cookie?
A text file that allows a website to store data about a user
A shopper returns to a website two days later and is still logged in with their basket unchanged. What has allowed this to happen?
A first party cookie created by the website
What is the main purpose of a third party cookie?
To track a user's browsing so adverts can be targeted
A website asks visitors to accept cookies using a banner. Why does the website do this?
Users must give consent before cookies are stored on their device
What is meant by transactional data?
Information about the sales a company makes
An online clothing retailer analyses the transactional data from its customer orders. Which decision can this data help it make?
Which products to reorder because they sell well
A politician asks a search engine to remove links to news articles about mistakes they made in the past. Which drawback of the right to be forgotten does this show?
It can be used to hide information from the public
Maya is applying for jobs and asks a website to remove an old video of her that could damage her reputation. What benefit does the right to be forgotten give her?
The video can be removed so it does not affect her job applications
A customer asks a company to delete the personal data it holds about them. The company has also given a copy of that data to another organisation. What should the company do?
Tell the other organisation to delete its copy as well
Which of these is a drawback to a user of cookies being stored on their device?
They take up storage space and slow the device down
A website owner uses analytics cookies to see how visitors move around the site. Why is this useful?
It shows which pages are popular so the site can be improved
A cafe looks at the times recorded in its transactional data and finds that most sales happen on weekday mornings. Which decision does this information support?
Arrange for more staff on weekday mornings
A company holds detailed transaction records for all of its customers. Which of these is a drawback to the company?
The records must be kept secure to protect customer privacy
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