noyb's Consent Banner Report: How authorities actually decide

Cookie Banners Following several hundred noyb complaints against companies that use questionable consent banners, the European Data Protection Board established a "cookie banner taskforce" in September 2021. In January 2023, the taskforce then published a report offering its opinion and recommendations regarding the different kind of violations found in consent banners. With its new Consent Banner Report, noyb compared the taskforce's findings with the positions taken by national DPAs in guidance documents and actual decisions. This can be a helpful resources for companies implementing consent banners. Read the full Consent Banner Report here!Comparison of EDPB recommendations with national DPA positions. In the course of recent years, data protection authorities (DPAs) across Europe have received countless complaints concerning cookie banners. Finally, in September 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) responded by setting up a task force “to coordinate the response to compl