Publishers see 'consent or pay' question left unresolved in Austrian court ruling

By Sara Brandstätter ( August 20, 2025, 11:33 GMT | Insight) -- Publishers in the EU using the “consent or pay” model may face fresh scrutiny after Austrian newspaper Der Standard was found to partially violate the GDPR. That was because users are forced into an “all-or-nothing” choice rather than specific choices for different data processing purposes. Austrian judges stopped short of ruling on the general validity of the consent-or-pay model but said it isn't inherently unlawful under the EU's privacy rules.Publishers in the EU using the “consent or pay” model may face fresh scrutiny after Austrian newspaper Der Standard was found to partially violate the bloc's privacy rules, because users are forced into an “all-or-nothing” choice rather than specific choices for different data processing purposes....

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Publishers see 'consent or pay' question left unresolved in Austrian court ruling

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