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Statistics exception

A rule that lets an app set a cookie to count how people use it, without asking first. The data may be used only to improve the app, and the customer must be told and able to switch it off free. Seedlark’s analytics cookie relies on it. Cookie Notice, paragraph 3.1 · Chapter 8 · see Strictly necessary

Explained in Chapter 8, Cookie Banners: PECR Consent and the New Exceptions, of Consumer Terms.

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The statistics exception is new. It lets an app count how people use it without asking first. It applies only if four conditions are met…
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