Volume: 2 Issue: 8
(August 2004)

Keywords:
data acquisition data subject consent sailing close wind acquisition personal data crucial challenge businesses including sport ability market

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UK Europe India

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Data Acquisition: Data subject consent and sailing close to the wind

The acquisition of personal data is a crucial challenge for all businesses, including in sport. The ability to market, cross sell and promote a company’s products and services requires a powerful database. Yet without the consumer’s consent to use such data for such purposes, the personal data is worthless. This article looks at some of the different ways in which the issue of data subjects’ consent arises in a commercial context and how such consent may be gained sufficiently to comply with UK law.

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