A ruling on consent for online cookies from the European Union’s highest court will lend clarity to a stalled effort to finalize an electronic communications privacy regulation, an EU official and attorneys said.
The EU Court of Justice ruled Oct. 1 that people must actively choose to let companies install cookies that track their internet browsing—not just check a box by default.
“The court ruling today is very good for legal certainty on a number of points,” said Rosa Barcelo, a partner with Squire Patton Boggs in Brussels. “It gives a boost to the legislative efforts to adopt the ePrivacy ...
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