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New York AG Launches Website Privacy Guides

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The New York State Attorney General’s Office released a guide on website privacy controls to help businesses ensure their tracking practices comply with New York law. The guide addresses common mistakes businesses make with privacy disclosures and controls, such as uncategorized tags, misconfigured tools, and misleading interfaces. It emphasizes the importance of accurate and truthful privacy representations and provides recommendations for effective privacy disclosures and user-friendly controls. The guide aims to prevent deceptive practices and enhance consumer privacy protection.

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Google Halts Plans to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies

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Google has reversed its decision to phase out third-party cookies from its Chrome browser, opting instead to provide users with the option to block these cookies across their web browsing. This change, announced on 22 July 2024, is said to come after feedback from regulators and stakeholders, including the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. Google says their new strategy aims to enhance user privacy while maintaining a vibrant ad-supported internet. However, concerns remain that this approach could still limit third-party advertising and shift ad spending towards Google’s search ads, raising potential antitrust issues.

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noyb’s Consent Banner Report: How Authorities Actually Decide

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On 11 July 2024, noyb released its Consent Banner Report, analyzing how European DPAs handle consent banner violations compared to EDPB guidelines. Following hundreds of complaints, the EDPB created a taskforce in 2021 and published findings in January 2023. noyb’s report highlights discrepancies between the EDPB’s recommendations and national DPAs’ practices, providing essential insights for companies to improve their consent banners. The report underscores the importance of clear, non-deceptive consent mechanisms to comply with GDPR standards.

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