Cookies
French Conseil d’Etat partially annuls the CNIL’s guidelines on cookies and other tracking devices
21 July 2020 - Laurie-Anne Ancenys
The Conseil d’Etat, the French Administrative Supreme Court, (the Council) partially annuls the CNIL’s cookies guidelines, on aspects related to cookie walls, for lack of competence. The background to this decision are guidelines on cookies and other tracking devices, issued by the French supervisory authority (the CNIL), on 4 July 2019. The purpose of these › Read More
Cookies consent does not escape the GDPR: CJEU issues decision in the Planet49 case
04 October 2019 - Catherine di Lorenzo
On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited decision in the case Planet49 (Case C 673/17). The decision clarifies the requirements for valid cookie consent under Directive 2002/58 (ePrivacy Directive). In particular, the CJEU rejects pre-ticked boxes as a means of providing valid consent to the use › Read More
New UK ICO guidance on cookies and similar technologies
04 July 2019 - cookies , ICO Nigel Parker
Recent changes to the cookie consent tool on www.ico.org.uk were a good sign that updated guidance from the ICO, on the use of cookies and similar technologies, would soon arrive. The ICO duly published its updated guidance on 3 July. In the run up to GDPR, and since, many companies have adopted enhanced cookie consent tools › Read More
ePrivacy laws – draft Regulation leaked
20 December 2016 - Charlotte Mullarkey
As anticipated, a draft of the proposed replacement EU ePrivacy law has been leaked. While this draft still appears to be under review, it does provide an interesting indication of what we are likely to see in the proposed legislation next month. Given the extent of discussion around this revision, and the attention given to › Read More