No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU data protection body

Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by umvi on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:29PM (#23092975)

Company: "User clearly consented. See? Here are the logs, here is the dialogue they were shown."

Person: "I swear I didn't consent! I didn't even see the dialogue! My cat must've walked across the keyboard and accidentally consented"

Ok, you're the judge, what's your call?

Should the dialogue force you to have to type: "I've read and consent to the terms ..." ?

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by Leherenn on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:35PM (#23093903)

If it was accidental (as in the form was clear, but my cat pressed the wrong button), then the user just needs to ask the company to remove the consent.

If the company refuse, or if the user claims he was tricked into agreeing, then there is cause for further investigation.

And it's not going to be a judge from the start, but whatever organism is charged with compliance. Then, if they have a case, a judge gets involved.

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by zepto on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:00PM (#23107523)

I wonder what the compliance organism looks like?

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by kiba on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:30PM (#23093839)

The laws are not about proposing some legal gottac based on inane ruling in clearly contrived scenarios.

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