{"id":5329,"date":"2012-05-10T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2012-05-10T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T12:33:00","slug":"how-to-comply-with-the-new-eu-cookie-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/how-to-comply-with-the-new-eu-cookie-law\/","title":{"rendered":"How to comply with the new EU cookie law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our last post on the new EU cookie directive resulted in a lot of questions, so we decided to put together a little Cookie Policy widget you can add to your websites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cookie-policy.png\" title=\"EU Cookie Law\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our EU cookie policy widget is completely free, easy to use, and works on any website regardless of where it&rsquo;s hosted. Our thinking behind it was that it should be noticeable but not intrusive for your visitors, and it has the added bonus of being mobile friendly as well. 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