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Consent
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Data Privacy Dish
What percentage of websites utilize a banner that seeks “opt-in” consent before deploying cookies?
12.4% The term “cookie banner” refers to a banner, or splash page, deployed on a website to inform visitors that the website uses cookies, and other online tracking technology. Some…
Technology Law Dispatch
CJEU delivers judgment on conditions for valid consent in an offline context
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Angelika Christoforou
On 11 November 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Orange România SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP) (Case…
Internet & Social Media Law Blog
Red Dots and Banners: Consent and Privacy Concerns in Videoconferences
“One who invites another to his home or office takes a risk that the visitor may not be what he seems, and that the visitor may repeat all he hears…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
CNIL Publishes Updated Cookie Guidelines and Final Version of Recommendations on How to Get Users’ Consent
On October 1, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority published a revised version of its guidelines on cookies and similar technologies, its final recommendations on the practical modalities for obtaining…
Bill Madden's Blog
UK: New GMC guidance on consent.
By Bill Madden
With thanks to Lauren Sutherland QC for drawing my attention to the new General Medical Council Decision making and consent guidance, which will come into effect on 9 November 2020.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A More Nuanced Legal History of the Feminist Success of US Criminal Rape Law Reform
By Tracy Thomas
Katharine Baker & Michelle Oberman, Consent, Rape and the Criminal Law, The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Law in the United States (Deborah L. Brake, Martha Chamallas & Verna Williams,…
The Faculty Lounge
Consentability with Nancy Kim on the Taboo Trades Podcast
I've uploaded a new episode of the Taboo Trades podcast, this one featuring Nancy Kim. We discuss her book, Consentability; the limits of consent, and whether I should get silicone…
Eye On Privacy
Schrems II Fallout Continued: Can Companies Rely on Consent?
By Liisa Thomas, Rachel Tarko Hudson
The EDPB has provided input about consent in its recent FAQs responding to the Schrems II invalidation of Privacy Shield. As we wrote about previously in this series, Schrems II…
ContractsProf Blog
Loyola Law Review Symposium on Consentability
The Loyola Law Review (Vol. 66, Spring 2020) recently published a symposium issue on my book, Consentability: Consent and Its Limits with a foreword by Brian Bix and contributions by…
Inside Privacy
French Council of State Decides that the French Supervisory Authority Cannot Prohibit Cookie Walls
By Kristof Van Quathem, Dan Cooper, Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses
On June 19, 2020, the French Council of State (Conseil d’État) decided that the French Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) had gone too far in its guidance on cookies and similar technologies…