Irish eyes may not be smiling
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"In early 2016 I wrote to the European Commission requesting a formal legal clarification over the application of Article 5 of the and whether or not consent would be required for all access to or storage of information on an end user's device which was not strictly necessary," Hanff told"Specifically whether the deployment of scripts or other technologies to detect an ad blocker would require consent .
"In a call I had with the Irish DPC at the end of last week , they did not disagree with my analysis and agreed to reach out to YouTube ," Hanff said."I have since received another update that they have reached out to YouTube on Monday and will update me at the end of the week with any further information."
With regard to YouTube's assertion that using an ad blocker violates the site's Terms of Service, Hanff argued,"Any terms and conditions which restrict the legal rights and freedoms of an EU citizen of the ePrivacy Directive is specifically to protect the fundamental right to Privacy under Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union) are void under EU law.
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