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(x) Impact on development of telecommunication sector ................................................................ 73
9.4 International Practices ................................................................................................................ 73
9.5 Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 75
9.6 Questions .................................................................................................................................... 75
Chapter 10: Allied Laws ..................................................................................................................... 76
PART III .............................................................................................................................................. 78
Grounds of Processing, Obligation on Entities and Individual Rights .......................................... 78
Chapter 1: Consent ............................................................................................................................. 78
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 78
1.2 Issues .......................................................................................................................................... 79
(i) Lack of Meaningful and Informed Consent ................................................................................ 79
(ii) Standards of consent ................................................................................................................... 80
(iii) Consent Fatigue .......................................................................................................................... 80
(iv) Lack of Bargaining Power .......................................................................................................... 81
1.3 International Practices ................................................................................................................ 81
1.4 Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 83
1.5 Questions .................................................................................................................................... 83
Chapter 2: Child’s Consent ............................................................................................................... 85
2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 85
2.2 Issues .......................................................................................................................................... 85
(i) Balancing the issue of children lacking the legal competence to provide valid consent to data
processing activities with the fact that children continue to use a large number of online
(ii)
services ....................................................................................................................................... 86
Difficulty in determining which websites and entities must comply with the additional data
protection requirements to safeguard children ............................................................................ 86
(iii) Difficulty in verifying the age of a child .................................................................................... 87
2.3 International Practices ................................................................................................................ 87
2.4 Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 89
2.5 Questions .................................................................................................................................... 90
Chapter 3: Notice ................................................................................................................................ 92
3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 92
3.2 Issues .......................................................................................................................................... 92
(i) Notice complexity and difficulty in comprehension ................................................................... 93
(ii) Lack of Meaningful Choice ........................................................................................................ 93
(iii) Notice Fatigue ............................................................................................................................. 94
(iv) Problems in Notice Design ......................................................................................................... 94
3.3 International Practices ................................................................................................................ 95
3.4 Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 97
3.5 Questions .................................................................................................................................... 98
Chapter 4: Other Grounds of Processing ......................................................................................... 99
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 99
4.2 Issues .......................................................................................................................................... 99
(i) Requirement to have additional grounds of processing, along with consent. ............................. 99
(ii)
Lack of clarity with respect to certain grounds of processing, such as ―public interest‖, ―vital
interest‖ and ―legitimate interest‖. ............................................................................................ 100
4.3 International Practices .............................................................................................................. 100
(i) Performance of Contract ........................................................................................................... 100
(ii) Legal Obligation ....................................................................................................................... 101
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