The The Wiesbaden Administrative Court
("Court") prohibited the use of a cookie
consent management platform hosted by a US-based service provider
by the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences
("University") in its decision
("Decision") dated 1 December 2021. The
Court evaluated that the use of a consent management platform
hosted by a US-based provider constitutes a cross-border data
transfer under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The
Decision was made in interim proceedings, and is therefore not
final and binding. However, the findings of the Court are important
as they concern the cookie practices of companies.
Background
The University uses a consent management platform on its website
to store the cookie preferences of visitors, and the consent
management platform uses a US-based hosting provider for its
services. The applicant requested that the University cease its
collaboration with the consent management platform on the grounds
that this
