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Thursday May 22nd, 2025 evening edition

Administrative court: Cookie banner must contain "Reject all" button
Authored by heise.de
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Lower Saxony's data protection officer Denis Lehmkemper can report a legal victory in his long-standing battle against manipulatively designed cookie banners.

Accordingly, cookie banners must not be specifically designed to encourage users to click on consent and must not prevent them from rejecting the controversial browser files.

Otherwise, the cleverly obtained consent would be ineffective, explains the Lower Saxony supervisory authority with reference to the reasons for the ruling.

This would constitute a violation of the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In the case, the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (NOZ) had taken legal action against an order issued by Lehmkemper (case reference: 10 A 5385/22).

Moreover, the data protection authority was not responsible for monitoring compliance with the legal provisions on setting cookies.

The 10th Chamber of the Administrative Court has now ruled that rejecting cookies on the controversial banner was much more complicated than accepting them. »

Inmate's last words before execution: 'President Trump, keep making America great'
Authored by usatoday.com

Inmate's last words before execution: 'President Trump, keep making America great' Every inmate put to death in the US is afforded the opportunity to say last words.

A serial killer used his last words on Earth to shout-out President Donald Trump on Thursday.

His last words were reported by the Tampa Bay Times and the Associated Press, with reporters representing both outlets as witnesses to the execution. »

Woman shot at CIA headquarters after crashing into gate
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A view of the gates to the CIA property after a person shot outside Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Headquarters by security guards in McLean, Virginia, United States on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

A woman was shot and wounded at CIA headquarters after crashing into a gate there early Thursday morning, NBC News reported.

The CIA earlier said, "There was a security incident that law enforcement responded to outside CIA Headquarters.". »

Judge finds police acted reasonably in shooting New Mexico man while at wrong address
Authored by nbcnews.com
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The suit alleged that the family was deprived of its civil rights and officers acted unreasonably.

Police outside shined a flashlight as Dotson appeared and raised the firearm before three police officers opened fire, killing him.

Lawyers for Dotson’s family emphasized that police were at the wrong address and that he was likely blinded by the flashlight with little inkling that police were there. »

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