VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U.

AEPD (Spain) case PS-00477-2021, decided 9th March 2022. EUR 70k.

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What the regulator decided

vodafone.es deposited cookies on user terminals before any consent action and provided information about cookies through a banner that did not enable users to refuse them with the same ease as accepting - infringing Article 22.2 of Law 34/2002 (LSSI), the Spanish national transposition of Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive.

Primary source

Regulator-owned URL. Quote this in legal briefs and academic citations.

https://www.aepd.es/documento/ps-00477-2021.pdf

Archived snapshot

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https://web.archive.org/web/20240127061533/https://www.aepd.es/documento/ps-00477-2021.pdf

ConsentMark interpretation

Operator-readable note on how this case shapes the ConsentMark scanner narrative. Not a legal opinion; cites the primary source.

Cite when the scanner finds pre-consent cookies on a Spanish-jurisdiction site - the AEPD has been issuing PS/00xxx/202x cookie sanctions since the LSSI 2020 amendment aligned Spanish law with the EDPB's strict reading of valid consent.

Verification trail

Checked against the primary source on 26th May 2026. Next review 26th November 2026.

Cite this case

BibTeX

@misc{consentmark-precedent-aepd-ps-00477-2021,
  author       = {{ConsentMark}},
  year         = {2022},
  title        = {AEPD (Spain) PS-00477-2021 - VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U.},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/aepd-ps-00477-2021}},
  note         = {ConsentMark methodology v7.8.1}
}

APA

ConsentMark. (2022, March 9). AEPD (Spain) PS-00477-2021 - VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U.. Methodology v7.8.1. https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/aepd-ps-00477-2021

Markdown

[AEPD (Spain) PS-00477-2021 - VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U. - ConsentMark](https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/aepd-ps-00477-2021)

Plain text

AEPD (Spain) PS-00477-2021 - VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U. - ConsentMark, 2022-03-09, methodology v7.8.1, https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/aepd-ps-00477-2021