A.S. Watson Health & Beauty Continental Europe B.V. – €50,000 Fine (Netherlands, 2024)
The company used pre-ticked boxes for cookie consent and made rejecting cookies more difficult than accepting them, violating consent requirements.
GDPR Articles Cited
The company used pre-ticked boxes for cookie consent and made rejecting cookies more difficult than accepting them, violating consent requirements.
Violations (4)
Refusing cookies requires more clicks or steps than accepting them, or the reject option is less visually prominent.
Art. 7 GDPR
Cookie consent checkboxes are pre-selected by default, violating the requirement for active, affirmative consent.
Art. 4(11) GDPR
Non-essential cookies (tracking, advertising) are placed on the user's device before obtaining valid consent.
Art. 6(1) GDPR
Third-party tracking cookies or scripts are loaded without obtaining prior user consent.
Art. 13, 14 GDPR
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Details
Fine Date
2 May 2024
Authority
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Fine Amount
€50,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-2399
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. A.S. Watson Health & Beauty Continental Europe B.V. - Netherlands (2024). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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