Online services pervasively employ manipulative designs (ie, dark patterns) to influence
users to purchase goods and subscriptions, spend more time on-site, or mindlessly accept …

Cookie disclaimers are these days an indispensable part of surfing and working on the
Internet. In this work, we report on examining and classifying the cookie disclaimers on the …

Internet users are constantly subjected to incessant demands for attention in a noisy digital
world. Countless inputs compete for the chance to be clicked, to be seen, and to be …

User engagement with data privacy and security through consent banners has become a
ubiquitous part of interacting with internet services. While previous work has addressed …

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires websites to
inform users about personal data collection and request consent for cookies. Yet the majority …

A cookie banner pops up when a user visits a website for the first time, requesting consent to
the use of cookies and other trackers for a variety of purposes. Unlike prior work that has …

This article discusses the troubled relationship between contemporary advertising
technology (adtech) systems, in particular systems of real-time bidding (RTB, also known as …

While cookie disclaimers on websites have been proposed to ensure that users make
informed decisions regarding consenting to data collection via cookies, such informed …

Websites implement cookie consent interfaces to obtain users' permission to use non-
essential cookies, as required by privacy regulations. We extend prior research evaluating …

Abstract Consent Management Providers (CMPs) provide consent pop-ups that are
embedded in ever more websites over time to enable streamlined compliance with the legal …