Consent (EU specific)
This privacy requirement is one of the fair information practices. In the General Data Protection Regulation, however, consent is specifically one of the legal bases for processing personal data. According to the GDPR, for consent to be valid, it must be: clearly distinguishable from other matters, intelligible, and in clear and plain language; freely given; as easy to withdraw as it was to provide; specific; informed; and unambiguous. Further, it must be a positive, affirmative action (e.g., checking opt-in or choosing technical settings for web applications), with pre-ticked boxes expressly not allowed. For certain special categories of data, as outlined in Article 9, explicit consent is required for processing, a higher standard than unambiguous consent.
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