Media Company – €6,200 Fine (Austria, 2025)

€6,200Datenschutzbehörde6 August 2025Austria
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Fine

The media company failed to implement an adequate cookie banner, lacking a reject button and making rejection harder than acceptance.

GDPR Articles Cited

Art. 58(2)(d) GDPR
Full Legal Summary

The media company failed to implement an adequate cookie banner, lacking a reject button and making rejection harder than acceptance.

Violations (4)

No Reject Button
critical

Cookie banner does not provide a clear reject/refuse all button at the same level as the accept button.

Art. 7 GDPR

Reject Harder Than Accept
critical

Refusing cookies requires more clicks or steps than accepting them, or the reject option is less visually prominent.

Art. 7 GDPR

Cookies Placed Before Consent
critical

Non-essential cookies (tracking, advertising) are placed on the user's device before obtaining valid consent.

Art. 6(1) GDPR

Unclear Cookie Information
high

The cookie banner or cookie policy provides vague, incomplete, or unclear information about what cookies are used and why.

Art. 12, 13 GDPR

Related Enforcement Actions (1)

Other enforcement actions involving Media Company in AT

Details

Fine Date

6 August 2025

Authority

Datenschutzbehörde

Fine Amount

€6,200

Enforcement Tracker ID

ETid-2979

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