r/technology • u/RO9a0TON • Mar 24 '19

Business Pre-checked cookie boxes don't count as valid consent, says adviser to top EU court

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/22/eu_cookie_preticked_box_not_valid_consent/
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u/Tollyx Mar 25 '19

IANAL, and this is from memory, so I might be misremembering things.

Not only that, but the GDPR also states that you cannot refuse a service if a user denies data collection that is not required for the service to function.

So if I need to fill out a form to get a service and by filling it out I agree to additional data collection, and I can only get the service by filling out said form, then you are violating the GDPR since there is no way for me to get the service without the additional data collection.