Court case Ra 2024/04/0424 – Court Ruling (Austria, 2025)

Court Ruling
DPA BVwG16 January 2025Austria
final
Court Ruling

The website's cookie banner lacked a visible reject button on the first layer, required more steps to reject cookies, and included pre-ticked consent options.

GDPR Articles Cited

Art. 7(3) GDPR
Decision AuthorityVwGH
Reviewed AuthorityBVwG (Austria)
Full Legal Summary

The website's cookie banner lacked a visible reject button on the first layer, required more steps to reject cookies, and included pre-ticked consent options.

Outcome

Court Ruling

A ruling by a national court on a data-protection matter.

Violations (4)

No Reject Button
critical

Cookie banner does not provide a clear reject/refuse all button at the same level as the accept button.

Art. 7 GDPR

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

Related Cases (0)

No other cases found for Court case Ra 2024/04/0424 in AT

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

Details

Ruling Date

16 January 2025

Authority

DPA BVwG

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