Automated Large-Scale Analysis of Cookie Notice Compliance

Watch an 11-minute conference presentation from USENIX Security '24 exploring groundbreaking research on cookie notice compliance across EU websites. Learn about the first comprehensive automated analysis system that examines how websites handle cookie consent, using Natural Language Processing to compare stated data processing purposes with actual cookie implementations. Discover concerning findings from researchers at ETH Zurich who analyzed 97,000 popular EU websites, revealing that 65.4% of sites likely collect user data even after explicit rejection. Understand how this research advances beyond previous limited studies by providing a broader view of GDPR compliance issues, automated detection of violations, and insights into how Consent Management Platforms actually operate in practice.