The Swedish Post and Telecommunications Board (PTS) has reviewed four websites and their information about so-called cookies, but none of them can be approved, reports SVT.
The Swedish Consumer Agency, the Public Health Agency, Tele2 and Swedbank had their websites audited. The last two received the most comments.
– It was often more difficult to say no to cookies than yes. Then users can be pushed to agree because it’s the easiest without knowing what they’re agreeing to. Most people just want to get rid of that annoying box, says Anna Montelius, a lawyer at PTS, to SVT.
According to the remarks, it was also difficult to revoke given consent and the information about which cookies are collected was substandard.
Until September 8, the websites can submit objections to PTS’ remarks. By October at the latest, they must have remedied the deficiencies if they want to avoid fines.
Cookies are the information that is saved on your device every time you visit a site. Swedish law now requires that you be informed and actively accept this.