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News, analysis, and practical guidance on cookie consent, GDPR enforcement, and the evolving privacy landscape.
CookieGap Is Live: Find the Cookie Violations Your Banner Is Hiding
CookieGap is now available. It checks what your site actually does with cookies before consent, after rejection, and in each region you serve, then watches for drift.
GDPR's H1 2026 Enforcement Wave: €600 Million in Six Months and a Transparency Sweep Underway
GDPR regulators issued over €600 million in fines in the first half of 2026, and 25 DPAs are now actively auditing companies for transparency failures. Here's what that means for your consent flow.
Your Cookie Banner Isn't Enough: How 2026 Enforcement Is Testing Consent Mechanics
Regulators in the EU and US have stopped asking whether you have a cookie banner. Now they test whether it actually works. Here's what that shift means for your stack.
Two Simultaneous Enforcement Waves Are Targeting the Same Flaw: Broken Opt-Outs and Opaque Privacy Notices
The EDPB activated 25 DPAs to audit GDPR transparency disclosures. California has levied over $4M in CCPA fines over broken opt-outs. Both expose the same root failure.
Reject means reject: what the EDPB's April 2026 report (and the SHEIN fine) say about your cookie banner
The EDPB's April 2026 cookie banner report and the €150M SHEIN fine point at the same problem: reject buttons that don't actually reject. Here's what to check on your site.
What GDPR Actually Requires for Cookie Consent
Most cookie consent fines come from small flaws: pre-ticked boxes, buried reject buttons, and trackers that fire before anyone clicks. Here's what GDPR actually asks for.