On 16 July 2018, the District Court of Gießen, Germany, ruled that a custodian’s representation rights also cover consent to data processing activities related to the person under custodianship. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the processing of personal data is, in principle, prohibited unless there is a legal basis for such processing. Pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR, one possible legal basis is the data subject’s consent. However, the legitimacy of a declaration of consent may be in doubt if …
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