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Consent categories are pre-ticked
Are pre-ticked cookie categories allowed?
No. The EU’s top court ruled in 2019 (Planet49) that a pre-ticked box is not consent. Analytics, marketing and other optional categories must start switched off. Only strictly necessary cookies may be on.
4%of 168 European shops did this (7)
No. 2most common high problem in the study
Why it matters
The EU’s top court ruled that a pre-ticked box is not consent. Anything collected this way has no legal basis.
How to fix it
- Default every non-essential category to off.
- Only strictly necessary cookies may be on (and should be locked, not toggled).
Steps for OneTrust
- In Geolocation Rules, set the EU rule to the Opt-in model.
- Check each non-essential category starts as Inactive in the preview.
- Republish the script.
Steps for Cookiebot
- Open the Dialog tab and the “Multilevel” type.
- Under Additional settings, check no box is ticked except Necessary.
- Set the consent method to “Explicit consent”.
Steps for Usercentrics
- Open the banner preview and go to the second layer.
- No toggle should be on except Essential.
- Switch any other on-by-default service off in its settings.
Steps for Didomi
- Edit your notice and open the preferences view.
- Every purpose should start off.
- Turn off any purpose that is on before the visitor chooses.
Steps for CookieYes
- Open Cookie Manager, then Cookie Category.
- Check that only Necessary is on by default.
- Under General, set Consent Template to GDPR for EU visitors.