The ICO is consulting on guidance on the new cookie rules—and whether to enforce them.

18/09/2025 4 min
The ICO is consulting on guidance on the new cookie rules—and whether to enforce them.

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Episode Synopsis

The ICO has yet MORE draft guidance, this time on the UK's upcoming changes to the law on cookies (etc). At the same time, it's running a "call for views" about whether it should enforce that law in certain contexts.The updated cookies guidance includes a new chapter on the consent exceptions provided by the Data Use and Access Act (DUAA).We also get new material reflecting the ICO's view that a "Reject" option should be accessible on the first layer of your cookie banner.There's also guidance on cookie walls and freely-given consent that does not sit easily with the ICO's position vis-a-vis "consent or pay".

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