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Google’s ‘dark patterns’ on cookie-consent banner violate German, EU law, consumer group says

( April 6, 2022, 15:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The consumer organization of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has sued Google in Berlin district court, claiming the search and advertising giant has violated EU and national privacy law with the design of its cookie-consent banners. Verbraucherzentrale NRW said that Google's cookie banner uses “dark patterns,” which are designed so that refusing the processing of cookies is more complex than giving full consent.Google ist unter anderem die meistgenutzte Suchmaschine in Deutschland. Mit gestalterischen Tricks verleitet sie Nutzer:innen zur umfassenden Preisgabe von Daten. Jetzt steht das Unternehmen mit der Verbraucherzentrale NRW vor Gericht....

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