Storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent (Press release 125/19, Case C-673/17 Planet49)

What we recorded

Whole press release read 2026-11-11 from the PDF text. Judgment of 1 October 2019 in C-673/17: consent to storing or reading cookies is not validly given by a pre-checked checkbox the user must deselect; this holds whether or not the data is personal data; consent must be specific; the user must be told how long cookies operate and whether third parties can access them. A press release, not the judgment; it says it does not bind the Court.

Claims that cite it

• The EU Court of Justice held in Planet49 (2019) that a pre-ticked checkbox is not valid consent to cookies, whether or not the data is personal, and the UK ICO says non-essential cookies need an active, clear opt-in before they are set. (strong)