Two are better than one?! Kurier forced users to give their consent

Forced Consent & Consent Bypass noyb has today lodged a GDPR complaint against Kurier. Just a few months ago, users were forced to consent to Google and other tracking cookies when visiting the website of the Austrian daily newspaper. In doing so, the company clearly violated the GDPR, a fact that was also confirmed by the Austrian data protection authority: The latter had already banned the news magazine Profil (which is part of the same media group) from using such forced consent. Complaint with the Austrian data protection authorityPrevious complaint against ProfilForced consent. Only a few months ago, anyone who wanted to read an article on kurier.at without accepting a huge number of tracking cookies had an unsolvable problem: While consent was given with just one click, access to the website was denied if the well-hidden “Decline” option was selected. Users, such as the complainant at the beginning of March 2024, were forced to consent to tracking. Even the legally required o