French regulator CNIL found that the tiktok.com website, which allows users to view content via a web browser without logging in, did not have an adequate process for cookie consent.
Microsoft faces a hefty fine over Bing cookie consent issues, and has additionally been given three months to get the system into compliance or it could face additional fines of €60,000 per day.
There's a need to go beyond simply enhancing cookie consent. Businesses must be able to observe, monitor, and control the browser-related aspects of website engagement that they do not control now. The new endpoint is that.
Tech giants are facing hefty fines after France's CNIL ruled that their cookie consent processes were too confusing and difficult. Central to the case was the use of "dark patterns" by each site.
Outgoing UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has suggested a shift in focus from individual cookie popups at each website to regulation of browsers and devices as the source of expressing user tracking preferences.
Consent is a major requirement in every data privacy regulation worldwide. PrivacyOps and automation is becoming increasingly necessary for compliance.
