Online Users Must Actively Consent to Cookies, EU Court Rules
- Judges target meaning of consent under EU’s privacy rules
- Case pre-dates EU’s powerful data rules in force since 2018
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European Union rules require people to actively choose to allow companies to install tracking cookies, judges said in another key ruling on privacy from the EU’s top court.
The EU Court of Justice said in a judgment on Tuesday that the placement of cookies requires the active consent of internet users and that “a box checked by default is therefore insufficient.”