Say “NO” to cookies – yet see your privacy crumble?

Cookie Banners Cookie banners of large French webpages turn a clear “NO” into “fake consent” noyb.eu files three GDPR complaints with the French Data Protection Regulator (CNIL). Quick Links: Press Release (PDF, English) Copy of complaints: CDiscount (PDF, EN), Allocine.fr (PDF) and Vanity Fair (PDF) Relying on the open source extension “Cookie Glasses” developed by researchers of the French institute Inria, noyb.eu identified countless violations of European and French cookie privacy laws as CDiscount, Allociné and Vanity Fair all turn a rejection of cookies by users into a “fake consent”. The privacy enforcement non-profit noyb.eu filed three formal complaints with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) today. Up to 565 “fake consents” per user. Despite users going through the trouble of “rejecting” countless cookies on the French eCommerce page CDiscount, the movie guide Allocine.fr and the fashion magazine Vanity Fair, these webpages have sent digital signals to tracking compa