AG Szpunar: If someone creates an online account that includes access to your email newsletters, sending them qualifies as 'direct marketing’ under the ePrivacy Directive Article 13 and is covered by the exception in point 2. Under Article 95 GDPR, a lawful basis under Article 6 isn’t needed.
According to Euractiv and MLaw, the Commission’s updated draft work programme confirms the ePrivacy Regulation proposal is withdrawed. There are no offical confirmations yet, so stay tuned.
Likely one of the EDPB’s most controversial documents to date, though the sub-processor Opinion will definitely give it strong competition for first place!