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Cookie consent rules in Estonia
What Electronic Communications Act and the AKI 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
Elektroonilise side seadus (Electronic Communications Act)
Official guidance
Banner languages
Estonian
What the rules say
- The AKI distinguishes essential cookies from additional ones such as analytics and advertising cookies.
- Additional cookies that identify visitors directly or indirectly need prior, freely given consent.
- Cookie consent must meet GDPR Articles 4(11) and 7.
- Explain how long cookies last and whether third parties can access them.
- Withdrawing consent must be as easy as giving it.
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. Estonian 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.