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Consent
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Technology Law Dispatch
EU-Cookie banner taskforce report: what you need to know
By Dr. Andreas Splittgerber, Cynthia O’Donoghue, Elle Todd, Florian Schwind
On the 18th of January, the EDPB published the adopted report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce. The Cookie Banner Taskforce was established in September 2021 in…
La Revue
CJUE : Consentement et droit à l’effacement de l’abonné quant à la publication de ses coordonnées dans l’annuaire d’un opérateur de télécommunications
Dans une décision du 27 octobre (aff. C‑129/21), la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne a précisé les obligations des opérateurs en matière de consentement et d’opposition relatifs aux annuaires…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Online proctoring biometrics fails to meet Canada’s legal threshold of consent: report
Novel discrimination factors in artificial platforms have come to light, says law prof and privacy commissioner
Privacy Zone
First BIPA Trial Ever Results in $228M Judgment Against Company that Hired Out Fingerprint Processing Activities
Yesterday, October 12, 2022, was the first time that a case under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) went to trial – and the result was a big win…
Health Law Prof Blog
Nudging Consent & the New Opt-Out System to the Processing of Health Data in England
Janos Meszaros (KU Leuven), Chih-Hsing Ho (Academia Sinica), Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci (Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law), Nudging Consent & the New Opt-Out System to the Processing of…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Supreme Court majority confirms non-consensual condom refusal or removal constitutes sexual assault
Sex with a condom 'fundamentally and qualitatively' different activity than sex without one: SCC
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
The Commerce and Energy Committee’s ADPPA Amendment is Out.
By Odia Kagan
The proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act is getting a facelift. Here are some key changes: Disclosure and consent: Disclosure for getting affirmative consent can be procured either through…
Simple Justice
The Too Weak “Yes”
It’s understandable that someone who graduated from college last year would believe that “legal sex” required affirmative consent. After all, it’s become the rule on college campuses, and they’ve been…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Federal Legislation Proposed to Prohibit “Stealthing” (Nonconsensual Condom Removal) as Sexual Assault
By Tracy Thomas
Proposed Federal Law Prohibits Nonconsensual Condom RemovalLegislation introduced last week would create a new federal civil rights violation of “condom stealthing”—the removing of a condom during sex without verbal consent from a…
Simple Justice
Will #MeToo Make The Model Penal Code Unworkable?
Rape is one of the most serious crimes a person can commit. It carries substantial consequences and taints a person for the rest of their life. This is how it…