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Online Tracking

What is Online Tracking?

Technologies and practices used to monitor and record user behavior across websites and applications, including cookies, pixels, and fingerprinting.

Privacy and Data Protection

Frameworks that govern online tracking

GDPRView framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →

What the standards actually require on online tracking

Requirements naming online tracking across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

Romania Law No. 190/2018 on Data Protection Measures (GDPR Implementation)1 control

Storing or accessing information on a user's terminal device, including through cookies and similar technologies, requires prior informed consent except where strictly necessary to provide the service requested by the user.

RO-LAW190-017 · Cookies and Online Tracking →
Law No. 09-08 on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data1 control

Morocco Law 09-08 Articles 23-30 + supplementary CNDP Guidelines. Article 23 Security and Confidentiality Measures - appropriate technical + organisational measures proportionate to risk + nature of data + harm + state-of-the-art + encryption + access control...

MA-0908-Security-Subcontractor-Retention-Video-CCTV-Workplace-Cookies-Marketing-Articles-23-30 · Morocco Law 09-08 Security + Subcontractor + Retention + Video CCTV + Cookies + Marketing →
Philippines Data Privacy Act1 control

Per RA 10173 Section 16 + NPC Circulars: data subject rights + notice + marketing. Requirements include (a) implement Data Subject Rights including Right to be Informed + Access + Object + Rectify + Erasure + Block + Data Portability + Damages + (b) provide Pr...

PHILDPA-2 · Data Subject Rights, Notice, Direct Marketing, Cookies →

Questions people ask about online tracking

What is Online Tracking?
Technologies and practices used to monitor and record user behavior across websites and applications, including cookies, pixels, and fingerprinting.
Why is Online Tracking important for compliance?
Online Tracking is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding online tracking helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Online Tracking?
Online Tracking appears in the requirement text of Romania Law No. 190/2018 on Data Protection Measures (GDPR Implementation), Law No. 09-08 on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data, Philippines Data Privacy Act. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Online Tracking?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how online tracking applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.