Jan PenfratYay looks like the @EUCommission and #EDPB have taken a rather clear joint position: #PayOrConsent is unlawful for gatekeepers under #DMA and #GDPR.
Hello #Meta 👋
Lo Sherlock del FediversoCOOKIES INDIGESTI. IL GARANTE ITALIANO STUDIA IL PAY-OR-OK, L'UE CERCA IL MODO PER DIGERIRLI
Il #Garante #Privacy avviò una consultazione pubblica sul #PayorOk utilizzato dagli editori.
Ora l' #UE valuta di rivedere le sue norme (2009) sul #consensocookie, che hanno inondato il web di infiniti #popup, per semplificare la regolamentazione digitale e ridurre lo sbattimento degli utenti (preferenze una sola volta ad esempio nelle impostazioni del browser).
Ingo Lantschner@kubikpixel haha – und den KURIER verklagen wir dann bitte auch gleich? (Diese Pay or OK Angebote sind nämlich auch nicht legal.)
CalliefanLooks like Eurogamer have decided to change their website over to the Pay or Okay system. Which kinda sucks, but at least there are still alternatives.
Miguel Afonso Caetano"The Austrian Federal Administrative Court on Monday said that newspaper Der Standard violated the EU’s data protection rules when introducing a "pay or OK” model on its website, confirming an earlier decision by Austria’s Data Protection Authority (DSB).
This "pay or OK" approach – introduced on the newspaper’s website when the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in 2018 – gives users a choice between paying a monthly €9,90 fee to access the website without having their data tracked, or giving consent to data collection and processing for targeted advertising.
The Austrian privacy watchdog already said in its decision in 2023, that the approach of one of Austria's most-read newspapers was unlawful, as it only allowed a global consent or rejection. The EU's privacy law requires the option to consent to specific types of processing.
Der Standard appealed this decision and argued that such a "granular" consent is not doable in a "pay or OK" system, as it required tracking and statistics to sell its advertisement in the non-paid version."
#EU #GDPR #DataProtection #Privacy #PayOrOK #DataCollection #AdTargeting #Austria
"In August 2021, noyb had filed several complaints against news sites using unlawful ‘Pay or OK’ systems with German data protection authorities (DPAs). Despite the fact that only about 3 to 10% of people want tracking for personalised advertising, these systems lead to consent rates of more than 99%. Almost four years after the filing of the complaints, the DPAs of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse still haven’t managed to issue a decision on the merits. Quite the opposite: In order to avoid finally deciding the case, the DPA of North-Rhine Westphalia has even issued a 12-page decision that it cannot decide yet. Today, noyb took both authorities to court for their year-long inactivity."
https://noyb.eu/en/years-inactivity-pay-or-ok-cases-noyb-sues-german-dpas
netzpolitik.orgDigital Markets Act: Millionenschwere Wettbewerbsstrafen für Apple und Meta
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digital-markets-act-millionenschwere-wettbewerbsstrafen-fuer-apple-und-meta/
Apple und Meta müssen wegen Verstößen gegen den Digital Markets Act in die Tasche greifen. Die Unternehmen hätten beide gegen Vorgaben des EU-Gesetzes verstoßen, gab die EU-Kommission heute bekannt.
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#apple #digitalmarketsact #dma #eu_kommission #kartellrecht #meta #payorconsent #payorok #wettbewerbsrecht #netzpolitik
Credits: Alle Rechte vorbehalten IMAGO / Agencia EFE
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digital-markets-act-millionenschwere-wettbewerbsstrafen-fuer-apple-und-meta/
Apple und Meta müssen wegen Verstößen gegen den Digital Markets Act in die Tasche greifen. Die Unternehmen hätten beide gegen Vorgaben des EU-Gesetzes verstoßen, gab die EU-Kommission heute bekannt.
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#apple #digitalmarketsact #dma #eu_kommission #kartellrecht #meta #payorconsent #payorok #wettbewerbsrecht #netzpolitik
Credits: Alle Rechte vorbehalten IMAGO / Agencia EFE
Great opening by Svea pointing at how #PayOrOK models make #privacy a privilege for those who can afford to pay.
She rightly slams #RealTimeBidding #RTB as a #nationalsecurity risk on top of a #privacy violation and calls out the @EUCommission's push for "#simplification" that threatens achievements like #GDPR.
MynacolWhile re-reading the GDPR I found this snippet in recital 42 about consent:
Consent should not be regarded as freely given if the data subject has no genuine or free choice or is unable to refuse or withdraw consent without detriment.
IMO that makes any #PayOrOk scheme unlawful. I mean people are facing detriment effects (no access to the intended site or needing to pay) when they refuse or withdraw consent.
Joan of Contention 😷Today, I've seen three online news publications with a cookies pop-up giving two options only: to accept cookies or to pay
Is this new? And is this legal?
(At least two were UK tabloids; don't know about the third, as it's a German title I'm not familiar with. Disclaimer: I don't usually read any of them..!)