Asking for Consent
☐ We have checked that consent is the most appropriate lawful basis for processing.
☐ We have made the request for consent prominent and separate from our terms and conditions.
☐ We ask people to positively opt in.
☐ We don’t use pre-ticked boxes or any other type of default consent.
☐ We use clear, plain language that is easy to understand.
☐ We specify why we want the data and what we’re going to do with it.
☐ We give individual (‘granular’) options to consent separately to different purposes and types of processing.
☐ We name our organisation and any third party controllers who will be relying on the consent.
☐ We tell individuals they can withdraw their consent.
☐ We ensure that individuals can refuse to consent without detriment.
☐ We avoid making consent a precondition of a service.
☐ If we offer online services directly to children, we only seek consent if we have age-verification measures (and parental-consent measures for younger children) in place.
Recording consent
☐ We keep a record of when and how we got consent from the individual.
☐ We keep a record of exactly what they were told at the time.
Managing consent
☐ We regularly review consents to check that the relationship, the processing and the purposes have not changed.
☐ We have processes in place to refresh consent at appropriate intervals, including any parental consents.
☐ We consider using privacy dashboards or other preference-management tools as a matter of good practice.
☐ We make it easy for individuals to withdraw their consent at any time, and publicise how to do so.
☐ We act on withdrawals of consent as soon as we can.
☐ We don’t penalise individuals who wish to withdraw consent.
