Opinion article 29 Cookie Consent Exemption

Artikel 29 data protection working party, Opinion 04/2012 on Cookie Consent Exemption, 00879/12/EN, 7 juni 2012.

In een recente opinie heeft de artikel29-werkgroep een opinie aangenomen inzake de vrijstelling van toestemming voor cookies, zij eindigt met de woorden:

Ultimately, to decide if a cookie is exempt from the principle of informed consent it is important to verify carefully if it fulfils one of the two exemption criteria defined in Article 5.3 of Directive 2009/136/EC. After a careful examination, if substantial doubts remain on whether or not an exemption criterion applies, website operators should closely examine if there is not in practice an opportunity to gain consent from users in a simple unobtrusive way, thus avoiding any legal uncertainty.

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