In January, I mentioned that the European Union offers a free GDPR compliance checker. As an business analyst , I analyze how business process automation can streamline compliance requirements analysis.
Small and medium-sized businesses can benefit greatly from using their websites as digital business cards. For example, I enjoy receiving feedback and knowing that people appreciate my posts. Actively tracking website visitors is too time-consuming for me. There are other marketing activities that are more target-oriented.
When the EU introduced laws about cookie banners, I found it daunting to comply. However, I realized it was a chance to rethink my marketing strategies and ensure user privacy. This shift empowered me to understand that I do not have to track every visitor to be successful. This realization has inspired me, and I can do the same for you.
Hugo does not create cookies by default. I will ensure that future updates only create cookies with my permission. Web design is not my main focus. As a hands-on architect, I need to stay updated on the latest techniques. Even open-source software can change key quality features over time, so I will verify cookie compliance after each deployment.
GitHub Actions Job
Since I only write a limited number of posts or articles per quarter, I do not have to consider the execution times.
The GitHub action includes:
- Installing the latest version of the Website Evidence Collector.
- Running the tool.
- Storing the result on GitHub for ten days.
- Terminate the job if one or more cookies are discovered. The GitHub platform automatically triggers error notifications.
GitHub Job collect-evidence
1 collect-evidence:
2 runs-on: ubuntu-latest
3 needs: deploy.....
4
5 steps:
6 - name: Install jq
7 run: |
8 sudo apt-get install jq
9 sudo wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.6.1/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq && sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
10
11 - name: Setup Node.js
12 uses: actions/setup-node@v4
13 with:
14 node-version: '18'
15
16 - name: Install Cypress
17 run: npm install cypress
18
19 - name: Install Website Evidence Collector
20 run: npm install --global https://github.com/EU-EDPS/website-evidence-collector/tarball/latest
21
22 - name: Collect evidence from websites
23 id: collect-eifel42
24 run: |
25 website-evidence-collector -y -q --no-output https://www.eifel42.dev/ > eifel42.yaml
26 yq e -j eifel42.yaml > eifel42.json
27
28 - name: Upload evidence
29 uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.3
30 with:
31 name: evidence
32 path: |
33 eifel42.yaml
34
35 - name: Check cookies eifel42
36 run: |
37 isEmpty=$(jq '.cookies | length == 0' eifel42.json)
38 if [ "$isEmpty" = "true" ]; then
39 echo "Cookies array is empty"
40 else
41 echo "Cookies array is not empty"
42 exit -1
43 fi