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Electronic Communications Law, Article 73(4), Consent for Storing or Reading Information on Terminal Equipment

73 straipsnio 4 dalis, Lietuvos Respublikos elektroninių ryšių įstatymas Nr. IX-2135

In force since .

A device storage and tracking consent rule binding public and private bodies.

Obligation class
Consent, Disclosure

As of .

What it requires

  • Obtain the subscriber's or user's consent, given after clear and comprehensive information that includes the purposes of processing, before you store information in, or give access to information already stored in, their terminal equipment, unless the storage or use of data is solely to transmit information over an electronic communications network or is necessary to provide an information society service that the subscriber or user has ordered.

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .

In the frameworks

NIST Privacy Framework
  • CT.PO-P1Policies, processes, and procedures for authorizing data processing (e.g., organizational decisions, individual consent), revoking authorizations, and maintaining authorizations are established and in place.

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What this law does

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Research summary

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Article 73, paragraph 4 of the Electronic Communications Law allows storing information in, or giving access to information already stored in, the terminal equipment of a subscriber or actual user of public electronic communications services only on condition that the subscriber or user, who has been given clear and comprehensive information including the purposes of processing, has given consent.

The rule does not prevent technical storage or use of data whose sole purpose is to transmit information over an electronic communications network or, where necessary, to provide information society services that the subscriber or user orders. Law No. XIV-635 of set out the Electronic Communications Law anew. Article 2(1) of that Law brings the new text into force on .

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