Tag: conditional consent

Data protection digest 18 Feb – 2 Mar 2026: ‘Conditional Consent’ for meaningful user control over cookie preferences

Conditional consent vs cookie fatigue On 10 February, the EDPB and EDPS, in a joint opinion, strongly welcomed the regulatory solution to address cookie fatigue and the proliferation of consent banners. This follows the  European Commission’s proposal to switch to automated, machine-readable indications of data subjects’ choices under the Digital Omnibus package. The EU regulators […]

Conditional Consent: an Open Proposal for How Article 88b Consent Signalling Should Work

Cookie consent is broken, and everyone knows it. Europeans spend an estimated 575 million hours per year clicking through consent banners. Research shows that up to 80% of users click “Accept All” when dark patterns push them toward it, which 72% of banners do. Half of websites set cookies before users make any choice at […]

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