Media Company – €6,200 Fine (Austria, 2025)
The media company failed to implement an adequate cookie banner, lacking a reject button and making rejection harder than acceptance.
GDPR Articles Cited
The media company failed to implement an adequate cookie banner, lacking a reject button and making rejection harder than acceptance.
Violations (4)
Cookie banner does not provide a clear reject/refuse all button at the same level as the accept button.
Art. 7 GDPR
Refusing cookies requires more clicks or steps than accepting them, or the reject option is less visually prominent.
Art. 7 GDPR
Non-essential cookies (tracking, advertising) are placed on the user's device before obtaining valid consent.
Art. 6(1) GDPR
The cookie banner or cookie policy provides vague, incomplete, or unclear information about what cookies are used and why.
Art. 12, 13 GDPR
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Details
Fine Date
6 August 2025
Authority
Datenschutzbehörde
Fine Amount
€6,200
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-2979
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Media Company - Austria (2025). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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