Court case Ra 2024/04/0424 – Court Ruling (Austria, 2025)
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
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)
Cookie banner does not provide a clear reject/refuse all button at the same level as the accept button.
Art. 7 GDPR
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
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Court case Ra 2024/04/0424 - Austria (2025). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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