Which of the following BEST mitigates the privacy risk associated with setting cookies on a website?

Question

Options

• AImplementing impersonation
• BObtaining user consent
• CEnsuring nonrepudiation
• DApplying data masking

• B
  90% (27)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

Obtaining user consent directly addresses the privacy risk of cookies because regulations such as GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive require informed, freely given consent before non-essential cookies (especially tracking or advertising cookies) can be placed on a user's device. Consent gives users control and makes the organization's data collection lawful. Impersonation (A) is a security attack vector, not a privacy control. Nonrepudiation (C) ensures actions cannot be denied and relates to accountability, not cookie privacy. Data masking (D) obscures data fields but does not address whether cookies may be set in the first place. Consent is the foundational control that regulators require for cookie-based data collection.

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