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A close-up of a finger pressing a blue key with the European Union flag on a laptop keyboard. The blue key replaces the enter key and features a circle of yellow stars. Other keys, like shift and option, are also visible nearby.

12/12/2025

EU Digital Omnibus leaves publishers worse off on cookie consent

The EU Digital Omnibus offers cosmetic consent changes that tighten browser control, depress consent rates and deepen legal uncertainty for publishers under GDPR and ePrivacy.

Person using a laptop browsing a digital marketplace website. The screen features several software product listings with images and text. The user, wearing a white shirt and a watch, is typing. The setting is indoors with a black table partially visible.

10/29/2025

Commission seeks to cut cookie consent banners across EU websites

Brussels weighs scaling back e-Privacy cookie consent via centralized preferences and limited exceptions, pitting industry’s GDPR alignment against privacy advocates ahead of the Digital Fairness Act.