France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, published guidelines on cookies and other tracers. The CNIL stated consent collected through cookies and tracers must be done via a "clear positive act," such as clicking on an accept button in a cookie banner. The agency also covers the legality of cookie walls and its investment to support a change to help answer questions around the guidelines.
2 April 2021
CNIL publishes ad tracker guidelines
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