Awe Check guides
Laws, fines and site settings without fluff: what regulators require, what a violation costs and how to fix it.

- Laws and fines
Cookie banner law: what you need to avoid a complaint
When cookie consent is required, what a lawful banner looks like, and why the Reject button matters more than it seems.
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GDPR fines: what companies really pay
The two GDPR fine tiers, what drives the amount, and whether the regulation applies to a site outside the EU.
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CCPA for websites: the “Do Not Sell or Share” link and US fines
When a site needs an opt-out link, what the GPC signal is, and what a CCPA violation costs.
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Russia’s 152-FZ for websites: policy, consent and Article 13.11 fines
What Russia’s personal data law asks of a site: policy, consent, the form checkbox, and the fines companies pay under Article 13.11.
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Personal data in Kazakhstan: the law and Article 79 fines
What Kazakhstan’s personal data law requires and what a violation costs small, medium and large businesses.
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Personal data in Belarus: Law No. 99-Z and Article 23.7 fines
What Belarus’s data protection law requires of a site and what a company pays under Article 23.7 of the Administrative Code.
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SPF, DKIM and DMARC: protect your domain’s email from spoofing
Three DNS records without which mail in your name lands in spam and scammers send “invoices” to your customers.
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How a site gets into ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity answers
What to check so AI search reads your site and names it as a source: robots.txt, text without JavaScript, owner markup.
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Core Web Vitals: the three numbers Google judges speed by
LCP, INP and CLS in plain words: the “good” thresholds, how visitor data differs from lab data, and what to fix first.
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Security headers: five lines that close common attacks
HSTS, nosniff, framing protection and Referrer-Policy: what each header does and how to enable it on your server.
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