Absent adequacy or appropriate safeguards, Article 49(1)(a) permits a transfer on the data subject's explicit consent after being told of the risks, but this derogation does not apply to public authorities exercising public powers.

Checked 2026-10-01

Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
international-transfers
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
eu-eea
Release range
current as of 2026-10-01
Checked
2026-10-01

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 1). GDPR for contact centers and call recording: source note gdpr-contact-center-derogation-explicit-consent. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/gdpr-contact-center-derogation-explicit-consent

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-gdpr-contact-center-derogation-explicit-consent,
  title  = {GDPR for contact centers and call recording: source note gdpr-contact-center-derogation-explicit-consent},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/gdpr-contact-center-derogation-explicit-consent},
  note   = {Source note gdpr-contact-center-derogation-explicit-consent, checked 2026-10-01}
}

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