Czech Republic: the half year cookie compliance monitoring report from Czech DPA

On 30 June 2022, The Office for Personal Data Protection ('UOOU'), the DPA of the Czech Republic published a cookie compliance report for the first half of 2022.

"The office found several shortcomings that, as a result, violate the protection of personal data, even at large Internet companies that reach hundreds of thousands of people a day. In the first half of the year, we gave operators space to adapt to the new legislation. However, we now, on our initiative, monitor compliance and reach out to administrators who violate the law in this area to seek redress. If it does not happen, we will proceed with sanctions, primarily of a financial nature." - The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Personal Data, Jiří Kaucký.

Common cookie compliance issues detected by Czech Republic DPA

• Use of non-essential cookies without consent
• A disproportionately long period of validity of cookies about their purpose
• Absence of the choice intended for expressing disagreement with the use of non-essential cookies in the first layer of the cookie bar
• Wrong categorization of cookies
• Absence of information about specific cookies used
• The difference in the visibility of the consent and non-consent buttons for the use of non-essential cookies
• Incorrect classification of cookie files
• Information about cookies in a foreign language
• The cookies bar makes it difficult or impossible to read the website

How to comply with GDPR cookie compliance requirement by Czech Republic DPA?

1. You must request consent with consent manager when using non-essential cookies
2. Review the cookie ages of your vendors for their purpose
3. Display the "Reject All" button on the first layer of CMP to the users in the Czech Republic
4. Display the details of cookies such as category and information on the website to the users in the Czech Republic
5. You must integrate the third-party tags with your CMP, only load the tags when consent is given
6. CMP should use Czech language but not a foreign language for the users in the Czech Republic
7. The cookies bar should not impact users using and reading the website

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Reference:

• https://www.uoou.cz/en/vismo/zobraz_dok.asp?id_org=200156&id_ktg=1111&p1=1111
• https://www.uoou.cz/cookies-listy-vykazuji-radu-nedostatku/d-56422