AS Watson (Health & Beauty Continental Europe) B.V. – €600,000 Fine (Netherlands, 2024)

€600,000Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens2 May 2024Netherlands
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The Dutch DPA found that Kruidvat.nl placed tracking cookies before obtaining consent, used pre-ticked boxes for 'accept all cookies', and made rejecting cookies more difficult than accepting.

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Full Legal Summary

The Dutch DPA found that Kruidvat.nl placed tracking cookies before obtaining consent, used pre-ticked boxes for 'accept all cookies', and made rejecting cookies more difficult than accepting.

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 Enforcement Actions (0)

No other enforcement actions found for AS 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

€600,000

GDPRhub ID

gdprhub-8142

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