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tarteaucitron.js and Google Consent Mode v2: Reading the Source, Not the README

tarteaucitron.js ships a built-in googleConsentMode flag. What it actually sets, verified against the library's own source (v1.34.0): default-denied signals, the softConsentMode hard/soft split, and how to wire GA4 and Google Ads through it correctly.

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3 jurisdictions · 54 dispatches YTD

€60MLargest single cookie-consent fine on record

92%of EU sites still mis-classify at least one tracker

v2Consent Mode tier required by Google as of 2024

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ConsentModeHQ

What Consent Mode HQ is About

An introduction to Consent Mode HQ: topics we cover and how to start.

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08.28

Cookie Banners

Your Cookie Banner Is an Article 13 Notice — and 25 Regulators Are Reviewing Them

The EDPB's 2026 coordinated enforcement action targets transparency and information obligations under Articles 12-14, with 25 authorities taking part and the findings phase running now. Your banner is in scope,…

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08.28

Cookie Audits & Scanners

Refusing Doesn’t Delete: The Cookie Failure Your CMP Can’t Fix

Reject all stops new trackers loading; it rarely removes what is already on the device. The CNIL sanctions that specifically. Why browsers make most of the deletion impossible from your…

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08.24

Cookie Banners

How to Set Up c15t for Cookie Consent in Next.js (2026)

c15t ships as npm packages rather than a third-party snippet, and it is the only open-source consent manager that hands you Google Consent Mode v2 and IAB TCF 2.3 without…

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08.22

Cookie Banners

Your self-hosted CMP is legal — and still cannot serve Google’s ads in the EEA

An open-source or in-house consent banner can satisfy the GDPR completely and still fail Google's certified-CMP requirement, which is a separate commercial test that has been in force since January…

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08.19

Cookie Banners

CookieConsent v3 and Google Consent Mode v2: The Parts the Docs Leave Out

Orest Bida's CookieConsent is the most-starred open-source consent library, but its Consent Mode guide never mentions v2 and skips wait_for_update, ads_data_redaction and the call ordering. The complete wiring, plus why…

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08.19

Cookie Banners

The Digital Omnibus and Article 88a: What Actually Changes for Cookie Consent

The EU wants to move cookie consent from ePrivacy into the GDPR. Article 88b — the browser signal that would have ended banners — was deleted by the Council on…

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08.13

Cookie Audits & Scanners

Accessibility Overlays Are the CMP Mistake, Again

The FTC fined accessiBe $1M for claiming its widget made sites WCAG-compliant. UsableNet found 22.6% of H1-2025 lawsuits hit sites that already had an overlay. Why a script tag is…

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08.13

GDPR & Privacy Law

BFSG Enforcement in Germany: Separating the Law From the Panic

Germany's accessibility law is real, but the marketing around it is not. Who the MLBF is, why the €100,000 ceiling is narrower than advertised, and why many BFSG Abmahnungen have…

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08.10

Cookie Banners

Is Your Cookie Banner WCAG Compliant? Probably Not

Consent banners render on every page and fail WCAG constantly: keyboard traps, missing dialog semantics, low-contrast decline buttons, dropped focus. Under the EAA, that is a legal problem — here…

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08.10

GDPR & Privacy Law

The European Accessibility Act Is Your Next GDPR Moment

EAA enforcement started for real in 2026: Carrefour under court order, Abmahnungen in Germany, first Swedish cases. The benchmark is WCAG — and compliance agencies will absorb this the way…

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08.07

GDPR & Privacy Law

The Cookieless Future Didn’t Happen. Here’s What Actually Changed

Google kept third-party cookies and wound down Privacy Sandbox. The deprecation deadline everyone planned around is gone — but the consent requirement it was masking never was.

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