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ARTICLE · 03 DECEMBER 2019

New Rules For Websites Targeting The European Union

On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the chief judicial authority of the European Union) ruled that websites must allow users to actively choose to allow cookies

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In short

On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the chief judicial authority of the European Union) ruled that websites must allow users to actively choose to allow cookies. Dentons Australia privacy lead, Robyn Chatwood, analyses the case and its impact for Australian businesses.

Background to the case

By way of background, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU or Court) is the chief judicial authority of the European Union which oversees the application and interpretation of European Union law.

  1. The CJEU's case, C-673/17, Planet49 GmbH v. Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände -- Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e. V. (1 October 2019)1 (the Planet49 case) involved a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) from the Federal Court of Justice in Germany in relation an earlier decision of the Federal Court.

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