http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3170/regulation/4The Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) (Direct Marketing) Regulations 1998TelecommunicationsRadioTelevisionPrivacy and data protectionTELECOMMUNICATIONS2022-11-06Statute Law Database1998-12-16 Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (“the 1997 Directive”) concerns the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector. It supplements Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (provisions for the implementation of which are contained in the Data Protection Act 1998—c.29). PART IGENERALConsents and notifications for purposes of Regulations 4 1 Except where the context otherwise requires, a consent or notification for the purposes of these Regulations may be in general or more limited terms and may be subject to conditions and, so long as it remains in force, shall have effect according to its tenor. 2 A notification for the purposes of these Regulations may (without prejudice to any other method of transmission) be sent by post. Reg. 4 in force at 1.5.1999, see reg. 1
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