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Cookie Walls Don’t Comply with GDPR, Says Dutch DPA

posted by chromas on Friday March 08 2019, @08:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the cookie-cutter dept.

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/08/cookie-walls-dont-comply-with-gdpr-says-dutch-dpa/

Cookie walls that demand a website visitor agrees to their Internet browsing being tracked for ad-targeting as the ‘price’ of entry to the site are not compliant with European data protection law, the Dutch data protection agency clarified yesterday.

The DPA said it has received dozens of complaints from Internet users who had had their access to websites blocked after refusing to accept tracking cookies — so it has taken the step of publishing clear guidance on the issue.

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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Friday March 08 2019, @09:23PM

    by Arik (4543) on Friday March 08 2019, @09:23PM (#811755) Journal
    If they don't feel like providing a website, that's up to them. The rest of us shouldn't be forced to pretend they have done so, when they have not.
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