Roularta Media Group – €50,000 Fine (Belgium, 2022)

€50,000Autorité de Protection des Données25 May 2022Belgium
final
ePrivacy
Fine

Roularta Media Group placed non-essential cookies before obtaining consent, used pre-ticked boxes for third-party cookies, failed to provide clear cookie information, and did not allow easy withdrawal of consent.

GDPR Articles Cited

Art. 24(GDPR)
Art. 5(1)(e) GDPR
Art. 5(2) GDPR
Art. 5(3) ePrivacy Directive GDPR
Art. 6(1) GDPR
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR
Art. 7(1) GDPR
Art. 7(3) GDPR
Art. 12(1) GDPR
Art. 4(11) GDPR
Full Legal Summary

Roularta Media Group placed non-essential cookies before obtaining consent, used pre-ticked boxes for third-party cookies, failed to provide clear cookie information, and did not allow easy withdrawal of consent.

Violations (5)

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

Unclear Cookie Information
high

The cookie banner or cookie policy provides vague, incomplete, or unclear information about what cookies are used and why.

Art. 12, 13 GDPR

Cannot Withdraw Cookie Consent
critical

No accessible mechanism exists for users to withdraw previously given cookie consent.

Art. 7(3) GDPR

Related Enforcement Actions (0)

No other enforcement actions found for Roularta Media Group in BE

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

Details

Fine Date

25 May 2022

Authority

Autorité de Protection des Données

Fine Amount

€50,000

Enforcement Tracker ID

ETid-1191

GDPRhub ID

gdprhub-4956

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