Following numerous complaints from NOYB about the the design and characteristics of cookie banners, a task force bringing together all voluntary European data protection authorities has been set up in response to jointly analyze the various issues raised in these complaints. As a result of the group’s work, a report was prepared.

How inform the CNIL, whichcoordinated work in this area:

„This report notably states that the vast majority of authorities consider that the absence of any option for refusing/rejecting/not consenting cookies at the same level as the one provided for accepting their storage constitutes a breach of the legislation (Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive). The CNIL had already taken such a position in its guidelines and in the context of several sanctions.”

This work and the elements on which harmonized positions have been reached will enable the authorities to finalize the handling of the complaints they received.

For more information: https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/europe-wide-overhaul-of-gdpr-monitoring-triggered-by-iccl/