1,741 “informed” consents with one click?! GDPR complaint against dict.cc filed
Privacy advocacy group noyb has filed a GDPR complaint against the online dictionary dict.cc, alleging that the site uses a single-click consent button to grant data access to 1,741 advertising and tracking partners. The complaint argues that bundling that many recipients into one click makes it impossible for users to give the informed, specific consent the GDPR requires.
Why this matters: One click, 1,741 companies you have never heard of, all getting access to your data. That is not consent in any meaningful sense. It is a legal fiction dressed up as a button. Dict.cc is an extreme case, but the underlying trick is everywhere. Most cookie banners are designed to get you to say yes as fast as possible, not to help you understand what you are agreeing to. The GDPR was supposed to stop exactly this. When it does not, complaints like this one are the only real check on the gap between what the law says and what companies actually do.
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