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⚖️ Lawful Basis & Consent
The six legal bases (Art. 6), consent (Art. 7), legitimate-interest assessments (LIA) and special-category conditions (Art. 9). Canonical home — channel-specific consent lives in Website Privacy / Mobile App Privacy.
Key resources
- EDPB — Guidelines 05/2020 on consent
- EDPB — Guidelines 1/2024 on legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f))
- ICO — Legitimate interests & the LIA
See also: Data Subject Rights · Website Privacy · Mobile App Privacy
🆕 Recent additions (auto)
- 2026-09-04 Heads up: Washington Businesses Continue to Face Rising CEMA Litigation Risk — A recent $14 million Costco settlement shows how easily claims can be filed for misleading subject lines under Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA). CEMA is a state law originally enacted in 1998 that prohibits sending commercial emails with false or misleading subject lines, or sending text messages without consumer consent, to Washington residents….By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC (Consumer Protection RSS Feed)
- 2026-09-02 AI in Health Care: Florida, Alabama and Mississippi Take Different Paths — Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi are taking different approaches to AI use in health care, creating different compliance and operational issues for physicians and administrators. Florida does not have a health care-specific AI consent law….By: Phelps Dunbar (Privacy RSS Feed)
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