‘Dutch websites have paint on cookie law’

Many popular Dutch websites, not to the cookie law. They post all tracking cookies before users have been able to indicate whether they would appreciate. That’s not allowed: users must first implicitly or explicitly give their consent.

Under the more popular news sites as NU.nl and AD.nl but also Tweakers, post all tracking cookies before user consent is requested. That, writes nrc.next in its paper edition, on the basis of study of two entrepreneurs. They left automated thousands of website to search. Also the website of the NRC itself turns out not adhere to the cookie law to keep, as well as Marketplace, Geenstijl and StackOverflow. However, Wikipedia, the Telegraph, Twitter and the NOS is correct on the law.

The cookie law states that websites need to secure the consent for cookies that are not necessary for the functioning of a website. The legislation is primarily intended to counter that websites visitors tracking without visitors notice that.

Last year was the cookie law is already watered down: from now on, visitors need have not explicitly give consent to the placing of tracking cookies. If they cookiemelding ignore, that now as permission. It is important to note, however, that sites only tracking cookies are allowed if users continue to surf, and so a number of pages have been visited. In addition, users must than well-informed. The disputed websites however, cookies at the first click, even before visitors about the cookiemelding have been able to bend.

De Persgroep, which Led, AD and de Volkskrant publishes, maintains that they are “the in the market most usual practice’ to follow. “That means that we have the user comprehensive information about the use of cookies via a alertbalk or an extensive cookiestatement, but make no distinction between whether it is a first or next visit,” according to the director of product development compared to nrc.next. According to the law.

NU.nl states that abide by the law. “Only places a cookie has no consequences for the privacy”, sets the legal department of the website. “Only when the cookie is read to obtain the one that issued the cookie to subsequent information.” When someone does not agree, then the cookie is ‘not actually used’, says NU.nl. The possibility is present that the cookies by the same advertiser using a different website to be read.

Last year carried out multiple websites, including Tweakers, the guardian and the Public service Broadcaster, a ‘cookiemuur’. It was the site only be visited when visitors were in agreement with the placement of tracking cookies. Sites lifted up that cookiemuur on when it became clear that the government is the cookie law weakened.