Posts by Robbie Downing

  • October 9, 2019

    Crunch time for cookies?

    On 1 October 2019, the CJEU ruled that the organiser of an online lottery, Planet49, did not get consent for cookies as required by the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) because the consent box was pre-ticked. Most privacy lawyers would have been expecting this conclusion – not least because it follows the March 2019 opinion of Advocate … Continue reading Crunch time for cookies? →