The National Commission for Data Protection ('CNPD') published, on 26 October 2021, guidelines on cookies and other trackers. 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. 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 addition, the guidelines provide many examples of good practice and also introduce the notion of dark patterns in the co