Conclusie AG: Vooraf ingesteld selectievakje dat door de gebruiker moet worden gedeactiveerd is geen daadwerkelijke toestemming

Conclusie AG HvJ EU 21 maart 2019, IT 2730; IEFbe 2852; ECLI:EU:C:2019:246; C-673/17 (Planet49) Verwerking van persoonsgegevens en de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer in de sector elektronische communicatie. Cookies. Toestemming. Daadwerkelijke toestemming middel van een vooraf ingesteld selectievakje. Conclusie AG:
(1) There is no valid consent within the meaning of Articles 5(3) and 2(f) (...Directive on privacy and electronic communications), read in conjunction with Article 2(h) of [Directive 95/46/EC] and on the free movement of such data in a situation such as that of the main proceedings where the storage of information, or access to information already stored in the user’s terminal equipment, is permitted by way of a pre-ticked checkbox which the user must deselect to refuse his consent and where consent is given not separately but at the same time as confirmation in the participation in an online lottery.