On March 11, the Conseil d'Etat (France's highest administrative jurisdiction) clarified the characteristics (source document in French) of the individual consent for receiving unsolicited electronic marketing materials. The Conseil d'Etat decided that mere acceptance of the terms of use of software cannot satisfy the specific consent requirement provided by article L. 34 5 of the Posts and Electronic Communications Code.
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