Consent, tags and enforcement
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3 min read · 4 sources
The CNIL simplified procedure explained: what a €5,800 fine looks like
How the CNIL's simplified sanction procedure actually works, why it never names its targets, and what the average €5,800 fine says about who really gets fined for cookies.
#cnil #enforcement #gdpr #eprivacy #cookies #simplified-procedure
3 min read · 2 sources
What one UK retailer's basket page taught us about single-page cookie audits
A three-page consent audit of a UK retailer found no leak on the reject path, but caught the exact blind spot a homepage-only scanner would miss.
#consent #cookies #gtm #teardown #gdpr #pecr
8 min read · 9 sources
Consent Mode v2: Basic vs Advanced, and what your pre-consent network tab should look like
What the two Consent Mode implementations actually do before consent, how to read gcs and gcd in the network tab, and the misconfigurations that show up on almost half of top sites.
#consent-mode #google-ads #ga4 #gtm #gdpr #how-to
8 min read · 24 sources
The cookie-fine map, 2026: who is being fined, for what, and how far down-market enforcement has reached
A sourced table of cookie and consent enforcement across France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and California, and what it says about who gets audited next.
#enforcement #fines #gdpr #eprivacy #ccpa #cnil #ico #aepd #garante
8 min read · 12 sources
Email tracking pixels after CNIL's July 2026 deadline: what marketers must change
The CNIL's recommendation made open-tracking pixels a consent question; the transitional period ended on 14 July 2026. Here is what changed, what is exempt, and how to rebuild email measurement around it.
#email #tracking-pixels #cnil #eprivacy #consent #garante #marketing-ops
9 min read · 10 sources
Why 'Reject all' is often decorative: how to test consent gating yourself in 10 minutes
A DevTools walkthrough for checking whether your cookie banner actually stops tags, pixels and cookies, or only records a preference nobody enforces.
#consent #cookies #gtm #devtools #cmp #gdpr #how-to
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