Web Privacy Check monitors privacy enhancing features on websites, and helps you find out who is letting you exercise control over your privacy. We check to what extent a website monitors your behaviour and how much they gossip about the monitoring to third parties. We’ve also compiled a set of recommendations for web designers and managers on how to not track or gossip in digital environments. We also suggest questions and feature requests from users of websites who want to alert webmasters to the opportunity of improvement.

What is data protection? Data protection is a human right in the European Union. It’s a collection of administrative and formal requirements for how to collect, process and use data relating to individuals. The purpose of this protection is to provide individuals with the means necessary to exercise their right to privacy. Data protection law guarantees transparency, choice and knowledge for individuals with regards to who influences them, and under which conditions. In May 2018 a new law about data protection will enter into force in the European Union. It is a regulation and will apply equally in all the 28 member states.