Dutch Data Protection Authority chips away at ‘cookie walls,’ declaring they violate GDPR

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[text_block id=”f7fbb3fbe1712be06d2c579c5c2546cd” content=”‹¨›p‹˜›Author ‹¨›span class‹´›‹²›name‹²›‹˜›‹¨›a href‹´›‹²›https://www.scmagazine.com/author/bradley-barth/‹²›‹˜›Bradley Barth‹¨›/a‹˜› ‹¨›/span‹˜›‹¨›span class‹´›‹²›title‹²›‹˜›Senior Reporter ‹¨›/span‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Websites that restrict visitors from viewing and interacting with their content unless they first accept the use of cookies that track their browsing activities are violating the terms of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Netherlands’ Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) has determined.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Also known as the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP), the DDPA said in a statement late last week that it is intensifying audit and compliance efforts and has contacted certain offending parties after receiving dozens of complaints from citizens who were denied access to web pages after refusing to accept cookie policies.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Under GDPR, website operators are allowed to request user permission to employ cookies, but that permission must be given freely. The use of so-called cookie walls that block users from accessing sites unless they accept cookies are therefore out of GDPR compliance because they effectively coerce users into granting permission, the AP argues.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¨›a href‹´›‹²›https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/dutch-data-protection-authority-chips-away-at-cookie-walls-declaring-they-violate-gdpr/‹²› target‹´›‹²›_blank‹²› rel‹´›‹²›noopener‹²›‹˜›Read the full piece here‹¨›/a‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›#Cookies, #DDPA, #GDPR, #Browsing #Privacy‹¨›/p‹˜›” paragraph_whitespace=”true” text_size=”” line_height=”” text_color=”” margin=”0px 0px 15px 0px” class=”” _fw_coder=”aggressive” __fw_editor_shortcodes_id=”6b8b05fa18d7db435e20a164b0b86c9c”][/text_block]
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