Last month, Spain’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued its first fines since its implementation of the EU “cookie consent” requirement, prompting Nuria Pastor to write for the Field Fisher Waterhouse Privacy and Information Law Blog of the messages to take away from this case. Among those takeaways, Pastor writes, “Even though cookies are part of our everyday life, European regulators perceive the use of cookies as intrusive—this is explicitly stated in the decision. As a result, time, resources and efforts will be invested to tackle their unlawful use.” She also cautions that “the grace period has long been over. If you have not already done so, it is important to get your house in order now.”
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