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Cookie consent rules in Lithuania
What Electronic Communications Law, art. 73(4) and the VDAI 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
Lietuvos Respublikos elektroninių ryšių įstatymas (Law on Electronic Communications), Article 73(4) — formerly Article 61(4)
Banner languages
Lithuanian
What the rules say
- Non-essential cookies need prior consent after clear information about their purposes.
- Legitimate interest can't replace consent for non-essential cookies.
- Exemptions cover transmission and cookies needed for a service the visitor requested.
- Calling a cookie 'functional' or 'statistical' doesn't make it technically necessary.
Enforcement examples
2025
The VDAI followed up a corrective order about a consent mechanism that didn't work and 50 cookies it found unnecessary for the website to function.
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. Lithuanian 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.