„Pay or Okay“ on tech news site heise.de illegal, decides German DPA

Cookie Banners „Pay or Okay“ on tech news site heise.de illegal, decides German DPA. Major implications for many other German news pages. One of the largest German-language tech news sites, heise.de, made users choose between paying for a monthly subscription or having their personal data processed for advertising and many other purposes. The Data Protection Authority of Lower Saxony (LfD) decided that their “Pay or Okay” approach from 2021 was unlawful. This is yet another blow to news outlets that use such a model on their websites, after the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) declared the implementation on an Austrian news page unlawful earlier this year. Decision of the Data Protection of Lower Saxony (LfD) noyb complaint against heise.de General information on the website of the Data Protection Authority of Lower Saxony (LfD) "Pay or Okay" complaints filed by noyb Decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) against derStandard.at “Pay or Okay” discussion heating