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title: "Case C-61/19: judgment of 11 November 2020"
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source: "https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-61/19&language=en"
source_note: "Only the judgment as published by the Court of Justice is authoritative."
text_as_of: "2026-10-28"
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publisher: "DPO School"
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Court of Justice judgment · Case C-61/19

# Orange Romania SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)

[Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **Case:** C-61/19
- **Court:** Court of Justice
- **Date of judgment:** 11 November 2020
- **ECLI:** ECLI:EU:C:2020:901
- **Instrument:** Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- **Provisions:** [Article 4(11)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/4#4-11), [Article 6(1)(a)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/6#1-a), [Article 7(1)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/7#1), [Article 7(4)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/7#4)

## Holding (summary, not the official text)

The controller must prove that consent was given by active behaviour after clear information; a contract with a pre-ticked box for storing ID copies does not show valid consent, nor does a form that makes refusal harder.

## Official source

- [Case C-61/19 on CURIA](https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-61/19&language=en)
- [Judgment on EUR-Lex (CELEX 62019CJ0061)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62019CJ0061)

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the judgment as published by the Court of Justice is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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