Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés

CNIL (France) case DELIB-2020-092, decided 2020-09-17. No monetary penalty (reprimand or guidance).

Regulator guidance (positive exemplar)

What the regulator decided

The controller must offer users the option to accept and to refuse read/write operations on their terminal with the same degree of simplicity (Article 2.4, "Modalités du refus"); withdrawing consent must be as easy as giving it, and the means of withdrawal must be signposted before consent is collected (Article 3, "Retrait et gestion du consentement").

Primary source

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https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/cnil/id/CNILTEXT000042398022

ConsentMark interpretation

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

[Type: guidance] Non-enforcement recommendation. CNIL's own description of a compliant cookie banner (symmetric accept/refuse, easy withdrawal, granular per-purpose consent). Original in French; `finding` paraphrases Article 2.4 + Article 3 in English. Companion binding text: Délibération 2020-091 (lignes directrices).

Verification trail

Verified by: donal
Verified at: 2026-05-23
Review due: 2026-08-21

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BibTeX

@misc{consentmark-precedent-cnil-delib-2020-092,
  author       = {{ConsentMark}},
  year         = {2020},
  title        = {CNIL (France) DELIB-2020-092 - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/cnil-delib-2020-092}},
  note         = {ConsentMark methodology v1.3}
}

APA

ConsentMark. (2020, September 17). CNIL (France) DELIB-2020-092 - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés. Methodology v1.3. https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/cnil-delib-2020-092

Markdown

[CNIL (France) DELIB-2020-092 - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés - ConsentMark](https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/cnil-delib-2020-092)

Plain text

CNIL (France) DELIB-2020-092 - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés - ConsentMark, 2020-09-17, methodology v1.3, https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/cnil-delib-2020-092