THE SPANISH DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY FINES A COMPANY WITH 30.000 EUROS FOR THE COOKIE POLICY USED ON THE WEBSITE

24 October 2019

The European Data Protection Board announced on their website on 17.10.2019 that the Spanish Data Protection Authority fined the Vueling Company 30,000 EUR for its cookie policy. The Spanish Data Protection Authority explained the reason for the fine as “users accessing the Company's website were unable to configure cookies installed on their computers.”

According to the decision, Vueling Company's cookie policy on the website shows what cookies are, and provides information about the cookies used on the website and fulfills the obligation to inform. In addition, about the management of cookies, users are instructed to configure their browsers to accept or reject all cookies or to receive on-screen notification of each cookie reception. In this context, it is included in the cookie policy that users who allow the use of cookies can configure the browser for this purpose and revoke the permission given at any time.
The Spanish Data Protection Authority has determined that the Company does not provide a management system or cookie configuration panel that allows the user to selectively delete cookies. In this case, rejecting or accepting all cookies is offered to the user by the Company as a single option, which requires the configuration of the browser of the user who does not prefer this way.

The Spanish Data Protection Authority, decided that each user should be given the opportunity to make detailed choices, except to fully accept or reject them. Accordingly, it was decided that the Company's detailed information on the configuration of cookies complemented each other by offering the user the choice of use of cookies, and that the information provided to the users would not be sufficient if this option was not provided, and in light of those concrete facts, a fine of EUR 30,000 was imposed.

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