BG EU member state
Cookie consent rules in Bulgaria
What Electronic Commerce Act, art. 4a and the CPDP expect from your cookie banner: when you need consent, how the reject option should look, and what has been enforced.
Sources checked 28 October 2026. Not legal advice.
Cookie law
Закон за електронната търговия (Electronic Commerce Act), Article 4a
Official guidance
No dedicated cookie guidance found — the regulator applies the GDPR consent standard and EDPB guidelines.
Banner languages
Bulgarian
Bulgaria's cookie provision still uses older 'information plus right to refuse' wording. Commentators note it is widely read as implementing the EU consent rule — so plan for prior consent, as in the rest of the EU.
What the rules say
- Visitors must receive clear, comprehensive information and be able to refuse storage or access on their device.
- The domestic wording is not a safe basis for skipping consent: EU law and the GDPR consent standard still apply to non-essential cookies.
- Analytics and advertising cookies should wait for an explicit choice, like elsewhere in the EU.
How PrivacyPill handles this
- Nothing optional runs before a choice. Google tags start with Consent Mode v2 set to denied; other scripts marked with data-pp-category wait until their category is allowed.
- Equal first-layer buttons. "Accept all" and "Reject non-essential" sit side by side with the same weight, and a settings button lets visitors withdraw consent at any time.
- Consent per purpose. Analytics, marketing and functional cookies can be allowed separately in the preferences panel.
- Languages. Bulgarian isn't built in yet — rewrite the English texts in the customizer to show your own translation.
- Proof of consent. Every choice is logged pseudonymously with the banner version, exportable as CSV.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
This page summarises official sources checked on 28 October 2026. It isn't legal advice; regulators update guidance, so follow the links for the current text.