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German news site Heise reprimanded for unlawful ‘pay or okay’ cookie wall use

By Frank Hersey ( July 14, 2023, 16:19 GMT | Insight) -- One of Germany's main technology news websites, Heise.de, has been told it was breaking the law when it put up a "pay or okay" cookie wall in 2021 that gave visitors the choice to pay to subscribe or give away their data for free. While the data protection authority for the Lower Saxony region said Heise.de's implementation was unlawful, it said the concept of such a wall is still permissible, depending on how it is deployed.One of Germany's main technology news websites, Heise.de, has been told it was breaking the law when it put up a cookie wall in 2021 that gave visitors a choice to pay to subscribe or give away their data for free....

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