European Court: Websites need to obtain explicit users' consent before tracking them with cookies
Planet49 was accused of using a pre-checked consent box as an authorisation to store cookies on users' machines
Pre-checked consent boxes shown by websites for storing cookies are not legally valid according to Europe's top court
Pre-checked consent boxes shown by websites for storing cookies on a computer are not legally valid, the European Court of Justice has ruled. According to the Court, user's consent on cookies cannot...
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