46—Transfer on basis of consent

46.

(1) In accordance with section 25 (g) of the Act, in the absence of an adequacy decision, appropriate safeguards or prerequisites for transfer as a necessity, a transfer or a set of transfers of personal data to another country shall take place only on the condition that the data subject—

(a)  has explicitly consented to the proposed transfer; and

(b)  has been informed of the possible risks of such transfers.

(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-regulation (1), a data controller or processor must seek consent from a data subject for the transfer of sensitive personal data, in accordance with section 49 of the Act.

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