On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 06:00:31PM +0100, John Fawcett wrote:
my understanding of the GDPR legislation is that it defines what is considered lawful processing. One of those items that makes the processing lawful is consent.
Not necessarily.
An action that would not be lawful without consent is not automatically made lawful with consent, including under GDPR.
If I send an email to a public mailing list I think it's fair to say that I am providing consent.
Again, not necessarily.
First of all, consent cannot necessarily be assumed.
Secondly, a person sending an email to a mailing list might very well consent for the mailing list's recipients to receive the content, subject, and reply address of that email - but *not* the IP address from which it was sent.
Sam
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