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ARTICLE · 26 APRIL 2018

WP29 Published The Awaited Draft Guidelines On Consent

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On 12th December 2017, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29"), published its draft Guidelines on Consent under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 ...

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Background

On 12th December 2017, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29"), published its draft Guidelines on Consent under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (respectively, "Guidelines" and "GDPR"), inviting comments to be submitted by 23 January 2018.

Consent is one of the six lawful bases on which personal data may be processed (Article 6 of the GDPR) and its crucial role is highlighted by Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

The Guidelines are built upon the previous WP29's Opinion 15/2011 on the definition of consent ("Opinion") adopted on 13th July 2011. In these new draft Guidelines, WP29 expands the earlier Opinion and provides important clarifications in order to apply the principles of the GDPR to obtain a valid consent.

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