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Consent
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Technology Law Source
Basic Principles of European Union Consent and Data Protection
Any US company that receives data about individuals living in the European Union must be familiar with the basic principles of consent and data protection within the EU to avoid…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Article 29 Working Party Guidelines on Consent will Lead to More Pop-ups
Article 29 WP has issued guidelines in which it recommends separate pop-ups and affirmative "check the box" consent options. Consent clauses buried in terms of use are not specific enough…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Article 29 Working Party Opines on Consent Requirements
On July 13, 2011, the Article 29 Working Party adopted an Opinion on the concept of consent as a legal basis for processing personal data.
Inside Privacy
Working Party 29 Releases New Opinion on the Meaning of “Consent”
By Dan Cooper
w consents can be given over Bluetooth advertising boards; consents for employee pictures to be posted to company intranets; consents regarding electronic health records and full body security scanners; and…
Inside Privacy
European Regulators Continue to Struggle With New Cookie Rule
By Jetty Tielemans, Inside Privacy
In 2009, Directive 2002/58/EC, the so-called ePrivacy Directive, was amended. The deadline for EU Member States to implement the revised Directive in their national laws was May 25, 2011, but very…
Technology Law Dispatch
Prepare Now and Protect Your Cookie Jar (or those cookies may crumble)!
This post was also written by Nick Tyler. Now that the revised rules on cookies and consent are in force in the UK, there have been two developments that we…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
UK Cookie Law Requires Opt-in Consent
From May 26, 2011, UK law regulating the use of cookies on websites will change from an opt-out regime, to one requiring prior opt-in consent.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
UK Issues Guidance on Obtaining Consent for the Use of Cookies
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Few topics in the world of EU data protection have generated so much debate, and so little understanding, as the change to the law on cookies. On 9 May the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Margo Kaplan on an Alternative Approach to HIV-Exposure Criminalization
Margo Kaplan (Brooklyn Law School) has posted Restoring Reason to HIV-Exposure Laws on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article challenges the current legislative and scholarly approaches to HIV-exposure criminalization…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Julian Assange and “Sex by Surprise”
Feministe: Some Thoughts on "Sex by Surprise," by Jill Filipovic:Commentators are saying Julian Assange didn't rape anyone, and these are trumped-up charges of "sex by surprise," which means that Assange…