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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cookie Consent: Unpacking the UK ICO’s Proposed New Approach to Online Advertising

- What is new: The ICO is proposing to relax its enforcement of cookie consent requirements, meaning user consent would not be required for lower-risk advertising cookies. - Why it matters: The proposals aim to address...more

Cooley LLP

ICO Releases ‘Consent or Pay’ Guidance

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What happened? The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released updated guidance on ‘consent or pay’ business models. These models present users with a choice to either consent to the processing of their...more

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Recent Developments on Cookies – a Pan-European Overview

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The legal requirements for the use of cookies have been subject to discussion over the last few years, with little to no enforcement and guidance from European data protection authorities (DPAs). That has changed recently....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

No Consent, No Cookie! CJEU Issues Far-Reaching Decision on Cookie Consent

In its long-awaited judgment, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) decided the data protection requirements for obtaining consent when using cookies. The court held that “passive” acceptance of cookies through prechecked...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK ICO Fines Parenting Club £400,000 Over Breach Involving PII of Mothers and Babies

The ICO first began its examination of Bounty UK Ltd. (a support club for parents) when the ICO was investigating the data brokerage industry generally, of which it viewed Bounty as taking part (given that it shared member...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK Issues Fine for Unsolicited Funeral Marketing Emails

The U.K. data protection authority recently fined a lead generation company £90,000 ($118,000) for a 2017 unsolicited email marketing campaign. The company, Boost Finance Ltd, sent over 4 million emails promoting pre-paid...more

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UK ICO Publishes Guidance on Consent Under GDPR

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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has just published draft guidance on consent under GDPR. This is an interesting move given that the Article 29 Working Party has promised guidance on the same topic later this year,...more

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