Consent and the GDPR: An Essential Guide

Consent and the GDPR: An Essential Guide

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Published by: Research Desk Released: Nov 22, 2019

Everyone is talking about the General Data Protection Regulation, and what it means for business. Widely reported to be one of the most heavily-lobbied pieces of European

Union legislation ever, the GDPR will go into effect next year introducing a number of

compliance challenges that businesses will need to overcome. This paper discusses some of the challenges that the GDPR will introduce, with a particular focus on its requirements for obtaining verifiable, unambiguous consent. It explores= what businesses will need to do to obtain valid consents from individuals, and how third-party tools can help address these requirements.docusign.com