 |
 |
The Data Registrar's office the other day over the telephone recommended an affirmative opt-in, and I proposed the following for a direct mail piece, which the officer I spoke to said was sufficient. "Please note that we normally process personal information we obtain from our clients in the United States, but in order to do so we need your consent. If you do consent to our doing so, please check this box:____ " Now, no direct marketer in the world would use language like that, since no one will check the box. But the point of the conversation was that you needed an affirmative expression of consent by the individual for transborder data transmission. Bob STANLEY wrote: > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail. > > I am trying to identify an appropriate form of words to gain unequivocal data > subject consent for overseas transfer of personal data in line with the > requirements of the new Act. > > Has anyone come up with a satisfactory sentence/paragraph for use on forms > filled in by the data subject? > > Bob Stanley > Data Protection Officer > Ernst & Young -- Charles A. Prescott Vice President, International Business Development and Government Affairs Direct Marketing Association 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 U.S.A. Tel. (1) 212-790-1552 Fax. (1) 212-790-1499 e-mail: [log in to unmask] website: www.the-dma.org %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%