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226 complaints lodged against deceptive cookie banners

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Cookie Banners Final round of “One Trust” cookie banners: 226 complaints lodged against deceptive cookie banners that are still not complying with GDPR requirements Today, noyb lodged 226 GDPR complaints with 18 authorities against websites that use the popular cookie banner software (“OneTrust”) with deceptive settings. Following a first batch of complaints in May 2021 many websites using OneTrust have adapted their settings and added “reject” buttons. OneTrust also changed the standard settings to be more GDPR compliant. However, there are still many websites that do not comply. Internet users suffer from deceptive designs. The GDPR was meant to ensure a users full control over their own data, but being online has become a frustrating experience for people in Europe. Annoying banners designed to make rejecting cookies extremely complicated are all over the web. In their banner designs, companies use so-called “dark-patterns” to get users to click the “accept” button because it is too

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