Belgian Supervisory Authority Imposes Cookie Fine
On December 17, 2019, the Belgian Supervisory Authority imposed a fine of €15,000 on an company operating a legal information website with approximately 35,000 unique monthly visitors for violations regarding use of cookies.
According to supervisory authority, company provided insufficient information about the cookies deployed on the website. Moreover, the cookie policy was only available in English, whereas the website targeted Dutch and French-speaking readers.
Further, the website did not obtain opt-in consent for certain types of cookies used, including first-party analytics cookies, and where consent was obtained, it was not sufficiently granular. Also, there was no easy way for users to withdraw consent.
