# GDPR countdown and compliance **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-countdown-and-compliance/87190 **Category:** Community Building **Tags:** gdpr **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-countdown-and-compliance/87190 "2018-05-10T19:08:03Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 79
### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus) #### Post date: [May 26, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-countdown-and-compliance/87190/79 "2018-05-26T10:58:54Z")
> [@arnie](#): > > How about handling all cookies that are present at Discourse including third-party cookies This has been discussed in some depth here: > [@Cookie compliance under GDPR](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-compliance-under-gdpr/85275): > > I would like to start a conversation on how to become GDPR compliant with regards to the use of cookies. There was an old topic on EU cookie compliance here, [https://meta.discourse.org/t/compliance-with-eu-cookie-law/17727](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compliance-with-eu-cookie-law/17727) …but GDPR is a completely different requirement. While EU cookie compliance only required a statement placed at the bottom or at the top of the website, that lets the user know cookies are being used, GDPR requires giving the user a real and informed choice. Cookies can be… tl;dr: Cookie use in standard Discourse is either non-user-specific or or falls under the ‘legitimate Interests’ basis of data processing and storage, rather than consent. If you’re using third-party services, such as analytics or ad-based services, you may need to obtain consent. In the topic I linked to, there’s some examples of using purpose-built services to obtain consent for cookie use. To your specific point about notices, you can provide a statement about your cookie use in your [privacy policy](https://meta.discourse.org/privacy), in a globally pinned topic and / or in a [banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-themes-and-instructions-for-customizing-them/82368). --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-countdown-and-compliance/87190)._