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Consent
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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
German BGH Ruling on Consent for Cookies and Third-Party Advertising
On May 29, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice, Germany’s highest court for civil and criminal matters, issued its ruling on case Planet49 regarding consent requirements for the use…
Technology Law Dispatch
EDPB updates consent guidance to clarify its position on consent to the use of cookies
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Katalina Bateman, Sarah O'Brien
On 4 May 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted an updated set of guidelines on consent (Guidelines) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These updates were made…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Adjacent Issues Raised by Mask Policies
Last week, Jeremy blogged about the tension surrounding masks. Call it the Great Mask Divide, this tension that has resulted in sometimes violent flare-ups between those who refuse to wear…
Tech Law Blog
EDPB issue updated Guidelines on Consent
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published updated Guidelines 05/2020 on Consent under the GDPR, replacing the previous Article 29 Working Party Consent Guidelines published in April 2018. The purpose…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
Cookie Walls and Scrolling Don’t Make the Grade – EDPB Clarifies Guidance on Consent Under GDPR
By Natalie Farmer, Killian Lefevre
On May 4, 2020 the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) updated the guidelines on consent under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”). The guidelines were originally published…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EDPB Publishes Updated Guidelines on Consent under the GDPR
On May 6, 2020, the European Data Protection Board published its Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Inside Privacy
Eleventh Circuit Holds that TCPA Consent Revocation is Limited When Given as Part of a Bargained-For Contract
The Eleventh Circuit has issued a unanimous decision in Medley v. Dish Network, LLC, holding that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) does not permit consumers to unilaterally revoke their…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Eleventh Circuit holds TCPA does not permit unilateral revocation of contractual consent
By Daniel JT McKenna, Joel E. Tasca, Ballard CFS Group
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held last week, in Medley v. DISH Network, LLC, that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) does not allow a consumer…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Explaining the “Simple” Idea of College Sexual Consent Policies
By Tracy Thomas
Aya Gruber, The Complexity of College Consent, Adjudicating Campus Sexual Misconduct and Assault, Cognella, 2020Teachers, parents, and administrators tell students that consent is “simple.” To be sure, every day, millions…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book: Peggy Orenstein, Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
By Tracy Thomas
Vox, What is Going On with America's Boys?Peggy Orenstein has spent much of her journalism career exploring the cultural forces that shape girlhood, revealing her insights in bestsellers such as Cinderella…