NGO files hundreds of complaints over ‘cookie banner terror’

Vienna: Online privacy campaigners on Tuesday said they had filed hundreds of complaints against websites and platforms in Europe over violations of rules on cookies, the files that track user activity.

The Austria-based group NOYB (None of Your Business) said 422 complaints had been filed with 10 data protection authorities and promised to make separate complaints against big players such as Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and Google.

The group had presented 516 companies with written warnings in May over their use of pop-up banners asking users to consent to “cookies”, giving them one month to conform to EU rules.