{
  "id": 15965029,
  "title": "Digital policy: EU countries agree on stance on cookie queries on the internet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/digitalpolitik-eu-lander-einig-bei-haltung-zu-cookie-abfragen-im",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T22:01:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/digitalpolitik-eu-laender-einig-bei-haltung-zu-cookie-abfragen-im-internet/100264047.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "EU countries have agreed on a common position regarding cookie banners. They have rejected a proposal by the European Commission to reduce the number of pop-up cookie queries on the internet. The Commission had suggested allowing internet users to store their cookie preferences on their devices, which would then be automatically transmitted to websites. Instead, EU countries want to create more exceptions for website operators to use cookies without prior consent for purposes such as service provision, audience measurement, or IT security. A final agreement must be reached with the European Parliament, but no position has been taken by the Parliament yet.",
  "summary": "Accept, reject or anything in between: cookie queries have become a permanent companion when browsing. An idea from Brussels wants to change that - but it's struggling.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}