EU Advocate General Issues Opinion on Consent for Cookies and Intersection with the GDPR
On March 21, 2019, Advocate General Szpunar released his opinion in the Planet49 case, currently pending before the Court of […]
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EU citizens being tracked on sensitive government sites
EU governments are allowing more than 100 advertising companies, including Google and Facebook, to surreptitiously track citizens across sensitive public […]
EU Regulators Increase Focus on Cookie Practices
In the absence of cookies-related guidance and enforcement by regulators against ordinary website publishers and operators, many e-commerce sites, online […]
The Netherlands DPA states cookie wall not allowed
On 7 March 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) created quite some buzz in the online Dutch (advertising) industry: […]
Bavarian DPA Conducts Website Cookie Practices Sweep, Announces Fines under Consideration
Data Protection Authority (DPA) of the German state of Bavaria announced it was considering fining a number of companies under […]
Austrian DPA Issues Decision on Validity of Cookie Consent Solution
On November 30, 2018, the Austrian Data Protection Authority published a decision in response to a complaint received from an […]
Targeted advertising targeted by the French DPA
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, the CNIL has issued four public formal […]
Austria: “Cookie Walls / Paywalls” hybrids are permissible?
In a recent case, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (ADPA) decided for the first time on the permissibility of a […]
Google facing mounting pressure over tracking tactics
Google’s data privacy practices are attracting the regulator attention, due to the search engine’s tracking of user locations, the BBC […]
Browsers aim to thwart tracking
New protections in Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers aim to prevent companies from turning “cookie” data files used to […]
Here’s how GDPR is already changing web design
When Europe’s sweeping privacy regulations (called GDPR) took effect in May, it was unclear just how much the new rules […]
Cookies see decline post GDPR
A new study has revealed a decline in cookies and third-party content on website pages since GDPR was introduced. It found […]