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Navigating Cookie Consent Violations Across the Globe

34th USENIX Security Symposium (2025)

Brian Tang, Duc Bui, Kang G. Shin

Analyzing inconsistencies in cookie consent mechanisms on websites across the globe. We developed ConsentChk, an automated system that detects and categorizes violations between a website’s cookie usage and users’ consent preferences. Contribution: measurement design, writing, and analysis of cookie consent discrepancies across 1,793 globally-popular websites.

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