Under PIPEDA, obtaining meaningful consent for the management of personal information is a complex yet critical requirement. Meaningful consent refers to the requirement that individuals must truly understand the nature, purpose, and consequences of the collection, use, or disclosure of their personal information before they agree to it. This blog post delves into what makes […]
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In general, the PECR rules apply to anyone that wishes to make unsolicited live calls for the purposes of direct marketing. It is the ‘caller’ or the ‘instigator’ of the call who has responsibility for complying with the rules. PECR do not define the term instigator. However, you are likely to be instigating if you […]
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GDPR incorporated a separate article that regulates the processing of children’s personal data where children can provide valid consent on their behalf. As per Article 8 of the GDPR, where consent is the most appropriate mechanism to process personal data, ‘in relation to the offer of information society services directly to a child, the processing […]
Hello everyone, We hope you are having a great and successful day. We would like to share with you something very beneficial. The topic for today is, how to comply with the GDPR requirements for your website and what is the most important that you would need to be careful about. We are sharing with you […]
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This time, we would like to introduce to you a company called Glimpse Protocol. Glimpse Protocol provides a “Privacy-as-a-Service” solution, a technology platform (which is approved by the Information Comissioner’s Office!) to the AdTech community. This is important because this week the EU made a turnover ruling on the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)’s Transparency and […]
How should you write a consent request? Consent requests need to be prominent, concise, easy to understand and separate from any other information such as general terms and conditions. Article 7(2) says: “If the data subject’s consent is given in the context of a written declaration which also concerns other matters, the request for consent […]
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According to the GDPR, children merit specific protection with regard to their personal data, as they may be less aware of the risks, consequences and safeguards concerns and their rights in relation to the processing of personal data. Definition under the GDPR Any information given to, or provided in communication with, a child must be […]
The lawful bases for processing are set out in Article 6 of the UK GDPR. At least one of these must apply whenever you process personal data: Consent: the individual has given clear consent for you to process their personal data for a specific purpose. Contract: the processing is necessary for a contract you have with the […]
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The GDPR sets a high standard for consent, which must be unambiguous and involve a clear affirmative action (an opt-in). It specifically bans pre-ticked opt-in boxes. It also requires distinct (‘granular’) consent options for distinct processing operations. Consent should be separate from other terms and conditions and should not generally be a precondition of signing […]
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