The Openli Blog

Google Analytics in violation of the GDPR - what does it mean for your business?

How Google Analytics affects you whether you use it or not

Why Legal Monster became Openli

Legal Monster is changing name to Openli.

Shorten your B2B sales cycles with a Privacy Center

How to speed up B2B sales cycle with help of our Privacy Center.

Privacy concerns stop customers from buying

What are privacy concerns? Examples of privacy concerns.

Fines for Data Privacy Violations are Increasing Dramatically

Overview of privacy legislations. How privacy regulations may affect your business.

Google Consent Mode - The What, Why, and How

Learn more about Google Consent Mode and Openli

Modern privacy legislation will touch everybody

Overview of privacy legislations. How privacy regulations may affect your business.

Accept All vs. Reject All in cookie pop-ups - the buttons have to be equal

How to make "Accept all" with "Reject all" settings compliant in cookie pop-ups.

French agency for companies to audit their sites & apps for cookie compliance

French authority advises to audit your sites & apps for cookie compliance

Openli launches cookie pop-up designer

Decide how you want to collect consents, with our new cookie pop-up designer, to keep your cookie pop-up on brand.

The new Spanish cookie rules

The Spanish cookie guidelines were updated the 31st October 2020. Read this blog to learn more about the new cookie rules in Spain.

A how-to guide for writing your privacy policy

Most companies collect and store personal data about other people. If you do this then you need a privacy policy. Read this guide to learn more about how to draft a privacy policy, and what you need to include.

Cookie laws in Europe - a complete overview

A guide to the key legislation and laws governing cookies and cookie use in Europe.

Website legal requirements - list of documents you need

Is your website GDPR compliant? There are some of the documents and legal elements you need on your website. Read more about them in this blog.

Company news - role changes, location, new hires

New office, new people, & new CEO.

Combining data, design, and the customer experience to boost conversions

An interview with Katrine Andersen from SiteCampaign on working with data and design in marketing and lead generation.

Change the button colours in your cookie widget to keep it on brand

You asked, we listened. It is now possible to change the button colours in the cookie widget, to keep it in style with the rest of your website...

Can attribution help growth by connecting the dots between efforts and revenue?

Companies are adopting more tools through which they can collect increasing amounts of data. At the same time we are seeing an increased...

Support for German and Dutch languages in the cookie widget now available

Openli releases German and Dutch languages as a feature in the cookie widget, to help customers collect consents...

Privacy, Adtech, and working with the European model...

In response to increased calls for privacy, and legislation phasing-out third-party tracking, Adtech companies have to adapt...

Enforcing the GDPR in a trust-based culture like Denmark

Henrik Rubæk Jørgensen has been working professionally with data protection for 11 years, and way before data protection...

Openli launches cookie consent solution

A few months ago, we asked ourselves, why had no-one built a cookie solution that actually looks good, is compliant, and converts...

Tips for email marketing compliance when moving your business online

An online presence is imperative to success for most businesses today. Some of the marketing tools and activities companies...

Living with the GDPR, the future of growth marketing

With a solid background in performance and growth marketing, Casper Rouchmann knows a thing or two about data-driven...

The importance of compliance and ethics for consumer brands

We spoke to Nicolai to get some insights on the importance of compliance, ethics and good behaviour for consumer brands...

Cookies, and compliance when starting up an online business

Managing privacy and compliance risks, in an increasingly formalised digital space

With more than 20 years of experience with privacy and Ad-tech, we wanted to speak to Max and hear more about the balance between compliance, risk mitigation, and ensuring marketing results.

Tips for how to stay compliant when moving your business online

Although the value of e-commerce was well established long before Covid-19, lockdown has forced many companies to think digitally more than ever before. Those who can, are working from home, and many businesses are reinventing themselves online.

How to ensure cookie compliance on your website

An important element as a website owner is compliance, namely cookie compliance. So, we created this article to as a guide to help you improve your online cookie compliance.

Privacy laws and tech can go hand-in-hand

Given his experience with the GDPR and privacy, from the perspective of a CTO, we decided to meet with Jan in March 2020, to discuss the development in the privacy landscape, and how it may impact companies, now, and in the future.

Consent - Why an audit trail is important

The GDPR and the Danish Marketing Practices Act state that if you can’t prove your consents, then they don’t exist. It is your responsibility to make sure you have consent from your users - you are accountable...

Five key things to do to achieve cookie compliance

Your website is one of your most valuable assets. It is a way of attracting customers, and also getting to know more about the people who visit your site, sign-up to your service and buy your products. Placing cookies is crucial in this context.

Email marketing and GDPR

In this article, we will give an overview of how the GDPR affects your email marketing campaigns and how, with a few simple steps, you can continue to create revenue for your business while complying with the GDPR.

How to create a compliant email sign-up form that converts

The purpose of the email sign-up forms on your website is to get your visitors to subscribe to your newsletters so you can nurture them and get them to convert.

Do you know if you’re collecting email marketing consent correctly?

Email marketing consent is complex. Depending on their location and whether they’re B2B or B2C, the way you must collect a users consent can vary drastically.

Why marketing automation tools fail the consent compliance test

When using a marketing automation tool like Hubspot and Mailchimp, it’s easy to think they’ve got you covered when it comes to collecting compliant marketing consent. Unfortunately they fall short of the mark.

The consequences of collecting the wrong email marketing consent

If you are collecting the wrong email marketing consent, the consequences are bigger and more expensive than you may think.

Why everything should start with collecting the right consent

Everything should start with the collecting of consent. Regardless of whether your company is a global enterprise or a small startup, you should collect the consent of your users to your T&Cs and to your email campaigns.

Marketing consent for Segment

It’s time to reset our moral compass

Last week, Mike Davidson wrote a viral blog post on how Superhuman, the email startup, is spying on its users through a default, built-in email open tracking feature that also shares the recipient's location.

What a year!

Saturday, May 25, 2019, marks the one-year anniversary of the GDPR, here are some stats.

The Internet is broken...

In the early years of the Internet, it was the Wild West. As a company, you could do just about anything you wanted in this vast and open land of opportunity. But, now, times are changing.