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The Data Protection (Civil Registration) Regulations
7. Manner of giving consent.
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
7. Manner of giving consent.
(1)Consent shall be given either orally or in writing and may include a handwritten signature, an oral statement, or use of an electronic medium to signify agreement.(2)A civil registration entity shall not presume that a data subject has given consent on the basis that the data subject did not object to a proposal to handle personal data in a particular manner.(3)Consent shall not be implied, where the intention of the data subject is ambiguous or there is reasonable doubt as to the intention of the data subject.(4)Subject to section 32(2) and (3) of the Act, the data subject shall be informed of the implications of providing, withholding or withdrawing consent by the civil registration entity.