I previously wrote that:
> There is certainly a place for consent, but it needs to be used
> judiciously. It is certainly not (in the EU context, at least) the
> silver bullet or "best practice" that proponents of "user centric"
> approaches sometimes suggest.
One of my colleagues who specialises in DP law (and understands this
stuff, unlike me) informed me today that the UK Information
Commissioner's Office (the body charged with "upholding information
rights in the public interest") has issued a statement to the effect
that consent should be considered the cause-of-last-resort for
releasing PII.
josh.
