 {"id":2154,"date":"2021-04-04T16:27:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cornell-international-law-journal-online.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2021-04-04T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T16:27:04","slug":"comparing-consent-to-cookies-a-case-for-protecting-non-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/cilj\/2021\/04\/04\/comparing-consent-to-cookies-a-case-for-protecting-non-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Consent to Cookies: A Case for Protecting Non-Use, Vol. 53"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s testimony before Congress in April 2018, eight different senators asked the Facebook CEO about European privacy rights and whether Americans should or would receive similar protections.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span class=\"footnote_tooltip\">1. Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data, U.S. Senate (Apr. 10, 2018), https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/2018\/4\/facebook-social-media-privacyand-the-use-and-abuse-of-data&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_1');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2154_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> The European Union\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span class=\"footnote_tooltip\">2. Council Regulation 2016\/679, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the Protection of Natural Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_2');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2154_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> put European privacy squarely in front of American technology companies, users, and policymakers. Having long been criticized for a lackluster privacy regime, the United States (U.S.) is set to seriously consider broad national data protection legislation after California managed to pass the Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2154_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span class=\"footnote_tooltip\">3. CAL. CIV. CODE \u00a7 1798.100 (West 2020).<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2154_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> which will go into effect in 2020 if not preempted by federal law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2154_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2154_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2154_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_2154_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2154_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data, U.S. Senate (Apr. 10, 2018), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/2018\/4\/facebook-social-media-privacyand-the-use-and-abuse-of-data<\/span> [<span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/TDB3-YXWG]<\/span> [hereinafter Zuckerberg Hearing] (statement of Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Facebook).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2154_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2154_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2154_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Council Regulation 2016\/679, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the Protection of Natural Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of Such Data, and Repealing Directive 95\/46\/ EC, 2016 O.J. 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