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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12339

2 October 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 32
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Digital
Court held that storage of cookieson a user's computer requires user's consent
Brussels, 01/10/2019 (Agence Europe)

A company cannot provide a pre-ticked checkbox on its website allowing cookies to be stored on a user's computer, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in a judgment delivered on Tuesday 1st October (Case C-673/17).

The German Federation of Consumer Organisations challenges the use by the German company Planet49 of a pre-ticked checkbox by which Internet users wishing to participate in online promotional games express their agreement to the storage of cookies.

Cookies are files...

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