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BERLIN (AP) — The European Union's top court has ruled that website operators must secure internet users' "active consent" to their storage of so-called cookies.

The European Court of Justice's ruling Tuesday was prompted by a dispute between German firm Planet49 and a German consumer organization over the company's use of a pre-ticked checkbox for participants in online promotional games to secure consent to cookie storage.