THE COUNCIL OF STATE ISSUES ITS DECISION ON THE CNIL GUIDELINES

30.06.2020

On 19.06.2020, the Council of State (“Conseil d'État”) validated the guidelines on cookies and other tracking devices by which Commission Nationale Informatique & libertés (“CNIL”) published in order to clarify the applicable rules and best practices in this area since the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Like such provisions that individuals should be able to decline to give consent as easily as to give consent or individuals must be able to withdraw their consent as easily as they gave it, the Council of State validated most of the interpretations or recommendations provided in the guidelines.

However, the Council of State overturned the provision of the guidelines prohibiting in a general and absolute manner the practice of cookie walls on the ground that such a prohibition could not be included in an act of soft law.

You can read the press release (in English) here.

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