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Cookie consent rules in Latvia
What Information Society Services Law § 7¹ and the DVI 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
Informācijas sabiedrības pakalpojumu likums (Law on Information Society Services), Section 7¹
Banner languages
Latvian
What the rules say
- Marketing, statistics and analytics cookies require valid consent.
- The DVI's model notice offers both 'accept' and 'reject' — not acceptance only.
- Consent must be genuinely optional, with no downside for refusing.
- Visitors can withdraw consent at any time, as easily as they gave it.
- You must be able to demonstrate compliance, not just display a notice.
Enforcement examples
2022
A DVI inspection of 29 websites run by 26 major online retailers found at least one cookie deficiency at every company.
Source
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. Latvian 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
- likumi.lv/ta/id/96619
- www.dvi.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/dviskaidro-musu-timekla-vietne-tiek-izmantotas-sikdatnes-ludzu-piekritiet
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.