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France : The Council of State has decided to the obligation of the Opt-In


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Hi,

 

Something important has just happened in France. The Council of State, the highest administrative court, has decided to the obligation of the Opt-In.

This is still frowned upon in its consequences as we see, for many, a simple slowing bundle, repack, etc. ...

This happened in the context of a dispute between an advertising agency and the CNIL (National Commission for Computing and freedoms)

An analysis in French:

 

Le Conseil d’État se prononce pour l'Opt-in contre l'Opt-out

 

Sincerely

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Hi,

 

I spoke a little about that around me.

 

I'm speechless.

 

The notions of Opt-In and Opt-Out seem forgotten or ignored!

This is something so old that it seems granted, and that we no longer discuss about it.

Need we recall that we are all under the authority of the Opt-Out that governs us?

All works, from Do Not Track (DNT) of the Mozilla Foundation, to tools like Unchecky or PC Decrapifier, are developed, with little success, because of the regime of the Opt-Out under which we are.

Tons of struggles against Pups - Potentially Unwanted Program, daily, are developed because of the regime of the Opt-Out under which we are.

 

All tools such as:

  • MBAM
  • AdwCleaner
  • Junkware Removal Tool (JRT)
  • ZHPCleaner
  • Etc. ...

are developed, in large part, because of the regime of the Opt-Out under which we are.

 

The Toolbars settled because of the regime of the Opt-Out under which we are.

 

How many times assistants (helpers), on decontamination forums, recommend an application to someone saying "Paid attention, when installing, to surely uncheck the box xxx, otherwise, the application yyy will settle down with. "

 

"Unchecking the boxes", when not hidden or nonexistent, or with a misleading meaning, is making an Opt-Out we are forced to. But who understands what means these pre checked boxes and dishonesty deliveries or options so warmly recommended.

 

Nobody reads the contracts nor look at anything around the "Download" button or the "Install" button. We are under the Opt-Out regime for so long, that we no more pay attention to the repacking, the sponsoring, etc. ... This has become something normal.

 

This decision by the French Council of State is sovereign and founded a jurisprudence that is not open to interpretation in one sense by a judge, in another sense by another judge.

 

The company referred to in that decision, tuto4pc.com, plans to climb to the European Court, which took protective positions of Internet users, recently, facing Google.

 

I think something important has just happened.

 

Cordially

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