TL;DR: no³ Slightly longer summary: if consent is granted, then you can use ReCAPTCHA³, but a bot programmer would just choose to have the bot click no on the

TL;DR: no³ Slightly longer summary: if consent is granted, then you can use ReCAPTCHA³, but a bot programmer would just choose to have the bot click no on the consent prompt. Denying access after nonconsent is allegedly² illegal because attaching negative consequences to the 'no' button makes the 'yes' button no longer be considered a freely given consent¹. ¹ https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/themas/internet-slimme-apparaten/cookies https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/themas/internet-slimme... "Mag een website of app mij toegang weigeren als ik geen tracking cookies accepteer? \n\n Nee. U moet de mogelijkheid krijgen om tracking cookies te weigeren. Zonder dat dit nadelige gevolgen voor u heeft." Basically says: can I be denied if I say no to consent? No, it may not have negative consequences. (Don't y'all love national authorities' information about EU-wide legislation? So much fun translating for english audiences) ² because a judge can overturn what the data protection authority (DPA) claims. I am not aware of case law on this, but I am not a lawyer. ³ assuming this French DPA speaks for all of the EU, which is not an automatic truth, but almost always the case. There may be implementation differences but I am not aware of any significant ones. The only annoying part is that each country's DPA has to put their stamp on it to reaffirm it for that country, and humans tend to have a bit of RNG in what opinion they end up forming based on the same text.