

recording user choices regarding cookies.Notably, with respect to essential cookies, the CNPD clarifies that cookies with the following purposes do not require user consent: In addition, the guidelines provide many examples of good practice and also introduce the notion of dark patterns in the context of collecting user consent. Furthermore, the guidelines draw the distinction between essential cookies for which there is no obligation of consent and non-essential cookies for which there is an obligation of consent, providing specific examples to accompany such analysis. In particular, the CNPD outlined that the guidelines aim to help operators of websites or applications to comply with the currently applicable rules, as they emerge from existing legislation and case law. The National Commission for Data Protection ('CNPD') published, on 26 October 2021, guidelines on cookies and other trackers.
