Cookies and EU Law: History, Future Regulation and Critique

TOMÍŠEK, Jan. Cookies and EU Law: History, Future Regulation and Critique. Technology and Regulation. 2023, vol. 2023, No 2023, p. 35-44. ISSN 2666-139X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26116/techreg.2023.004.

Basic information

• Original name: Cookies and EU Law: History, Future Regulation and Critique
• Authors: TOMÍŠEK, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Technology and Regulation, 2023, 2666-139X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50501 Law
• Country of publisher: Netherlands
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: Open access článku
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14220/23:00132447
• Organization unit: Faculty of Law
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.26116/techreg.2023.004
• Keywords in English: cookies; ePrivacy directive; ePrivacy regulation
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Cookies and similar technologies can be used to track the online behaviour of internet users and can pose risks to their privacy and other fundamental rights. The use of cookies and similar technologies is therefore regulated by EU law. The article describes the history of EU law regulating cookies, analyses its current form and application to different technologies, and describes the proposals for the ePrivacy Regulation. Based on the analysis, it provides a critique of both the current law and the proposals and suggests ways forward in the regulation of cookies and similar technologies.

Links

• MUNI/A/1293/2022, interní kód MU: Name: Právo a technologie XI

Investor: Masaryk University