Ireland also published updated cookie guidance, back in April 2020 — when it said it would give websites and data controllers six months to come into compliance before taking any enforcement action. However the DPC has once again shown itself to be all mouth and no trousers: Failing to issue any public sanctions in relation to cookie consent violations against commercial entities (and certainly nothing against Facebook or Google on this front). A DPC decision against Facebook-owned WhatsApp that was issued late last year focused on transparency breaches.