Belgian DPA let news outlets buy themselves free from GDPR compliance

Cookie Banners Unlawful Cookie Banners: Belgian DPA let news outlets buy themselves free from GDPR compliance Belgian news outlets relying on illegal cookie banners paid € 10.000 in a settlement with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA), which decided to close the case without ordering them to fix the unlawful banners. In essence, the payment was freeing the companies from the duty to comply with the GDPR. noyb files 15 complaints against said news sites to force them to fix their cookie banners Example complaint against La Libre Questionable settlement. Today, noyb lodged complaints against 15 Belgian news sites using deceptive cookie banners with the Belgian DPA. Among them are large TV channels like RTL Belgium, the public service broadcaster VRT, but also newspapers like Het Laatste Nieuws and L’Avenir. Although their websites already were subject of a DPA investigation in the past years, they were never ordered to change their unlawful cookie banners. The reason: The proced