In order to ensure that consent is freely given, consent should not provide a valid legal ground for the processing of personal data in a specific case where there is a clear imbalance between the data subject and the controller and it is therefore unlikely that consent was freely given in all the circumstances of that specific situation.
Chun a áirithiú go dtugtar an toiliú sin faoi shaoirse, níor cheart toiliú a bheith ina fhoras bailí dlíthiúil le sonraí pearsanta a phróiseáil i gcás sonrach ina bhfuil éagothromaíocht shoiléir idir an t-ábhar sonraí agus an rialaitheoir, agus nach dócha, dá bhrí sin, gur tugadh an toiliú sin faoi shaoirse sna himthosca uile a bhain leis an staid shonrach sin.