EU-domstolen meddelar i ett pressmeddelande:
»In today’s judgment, the Court decides that the consent which a website user must give to the storage of and access to cookies on his or her equipment is not validly constituted by way of a prechecked checkbox which that user must deselect to refuse his or her consent.«
Att acceptera cookies måste alltså vara ett aktivt val mellan ja och nej. Det kommer med andra ord knappast att gå att bara låta användarna bekräfta genom att klicka OK i framtiden.
Domstolen säger vidare:
»Furthermore, according to the Court, the information that the service provider must give to a user includes the duration of the operation of cookies and whether or not third parties may have access to those cookies.«
För övrigt kan man notera att domstolens egen hemsida inte lever upp till de aktuella kraven.
Länkar:
• EU-domstolens pressmeddelande (PDF) »
• TechCrunch: Europe’s top court says active consent is needed for tracking cookies »