PrivacyProof · digital products & creators
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Creators and digital-product sellers increasingly ship AI-made content, sell on marketplaces, run memberships and market hard — so AI-labeling, platform, review and subscription rules apply even without physical goods.
This rule applies to digital creators who collect personal data from visitors in the EU or UK. Collect data from EU/UK visitors? Check your privacy policy, cookie consent, and data-rights handling. Not sure? The free checker tells you in about a minute — no signup.
You need to be able to answer "yes" to each of these — the points digital creators most often get caught on:
⚠️ Exposure: up to €20M or 4% of global turnover (Art. 83) · Status: In force.
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Creators and digital-product sellers increasingly ship AI-made content, sell on marketplaces, run memberships and market hard — so AI-labeling, platform, review and subscription rules apply even without physical goods. Collect data from EU/UK visitors? Check your privacy policy, cookie consent, and data-rights handling.
If you serve EU/UK visitors and use any non-essential cookies (analytics, advertising), yes — they must load only after the visitor opts in, with a Reject option as easy as Accept.
What data you collect, why, the lawful basis, who you share it with, how long you keep it, international transfers, and how to exercise data rights — in plain language, available at collection.
Up to €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher — plus regulator orders and reputational damage.
RuleGoose checks this against the EU GDPR (Reg. (EU) 2016/679), UK GDPR + ePrivacy/cookie rules. Read it yourself: EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 →
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GDPR privacy & cookie consent is one of several rules a digital products & creators business has to meet. See the full digital products & creators compliance checklist →, or read the platform-neutral GDPR privacy & cookie consent guide.
Informational only, not legal advice, and not affiliated with the EU. Last reviewed 2026-06-30.