Consumer Why are websites asking you to pay or consent? Reason for message and what law around cookies says By Matthew Mohan-Hickson Technology writer Comment Published 19th Aug 2024, 11:33 BST Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now We look at the rules 💻 Users of major UK sites may have noticed ‘pay or consent’ pop-ups this summer. Message urges you to accept cookies or pay a monthly fee instead. The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a ‘call for views’ on the practice.
A new pop-up message has been appearing on leading UK websites urging people to accept cookies or pay a monthly fee to reject them. For the online savvy, it may have set off alarm bells and led you to fear it could be a new form of phishing or ransomware scam but it is in fact legit - if slightly eyebrow raising. Sign up to the weekly Cost Of Living newsletter.
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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. Regulators across the globe (including in the British Isles) have been clamping down on cookie compliance and making sure consumers have adeq.