A.S. Watson Health & Beauty Continental Europe B.V. – €50,000 Fine (Netherlands, 2024)

€50,000Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens2 May 2024Netherlands
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Fine

The company used pre-ticked boxes for cookie consent and made rejecting cookies more difficult than accepting them, violating consent requirements.

GDPR Articles Cited

Art. 5(1)(a) GDPR
Full Legal Summary

The company used pre-ticked boxes for cookie consent and made rejecting cookies more difficult than accepting them, violating consent requirements.

Violations (4)

Reject Harder Than Accept
critical

Refusing cookies requires more clicks or steps than accepting them, or the reject option is less visually prominent.

Art. 7 GDPR

Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
high

Cookie consent checkboxes are pre-selected by default, violating the requirement for active, affirmative consent.

Art. 4(11) GDPR

Cookies Placed Before Consent
critical

Non-essential cookies (tracking, advertising) are placed on the user's device before obtaining valid consent.

Art. 6(1) GDPR

Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
critical

Third-party tracking cookies or scripts are loaded without obtaining prior user consent.

Art. 13, 14 GDPR

Related Enforcement Actions (0)

No other enforcement actions found for A.S. Watson Health & Beauty Continental Europe B.V. in NL

This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.

Details

Fine Date

2 May 2024

Authority

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens

Fine Amount

€50,000

Enforcement Tracker ID

ETid-2399

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