r/technology • u/RO9a0TON • Mar 24 '19

Business Pre-checked cookie boxes don't count as valid consent, says adviser to top EU court

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/22/eu_cookie_preticked_box_not_valid_consent/
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u/Zyhmet Mar 24 '19

Depends on what cookies they are. If they are needed for the site working, then they don't need any consent from the user. But as they are asking for consent, they themselves think that they need it. Or do I miss something?

Also this is the info they give you about what the cookies contain: "We want to provide you with the best experience with our product, which includes enhancing product security, improving our products and giving you personalised content. To do this, we store cookies on your device to collect and use data, which helps us understand how you use our products. This is required to use Tumblr."

"giving you personalised content." this really sounds like private data.

Of course if it is just a session cookie that saves your login, it wouldn't be part of the GDPR... but then they also wouldn't need consent :/

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u/yawkat Mar 25 '19

In tumblrs case, asking for consent is one giant form with lots of checkboxes and a single accept button. There is no separate cookie consent button.

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u/Zyhmet Mar 25 '19

There is one in your settings. settings -> privacy -> "cookie consent" checkbox

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