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GDPR Art. 7: conditions for consent and its withdrawal

Where consent is the basis, the controller can demonstrate it, and withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from GDPR Art. 7 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseGDPRArt. 7Duty holderControllerApplies from2018-05-25In forceArtefactConsent-purposelog joined…LayersLayer 02Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from GDPR Art. 7 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseGDPR · Art. 7Duty holderControllerApplies from2018-05-25 · In forceArtefactConsent-purpose log joined…LayersLayer 02Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-GDPR-ART7. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: GDPR, Art. 7.
  • Duty holder: Controller.
  • Applies from: 2018-05-25, In force.
  • Artefact: Consent-purpose log joined….
  • Layers: Layer 02, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-GDPR-ART7
Instrument
General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 law
Clause
Art. 7
In scope
Controller
Authority
National data protection authority
Applies from
In force

The artefact that evidences it

Consent-purpose log joined to datasets and model versions; withdrawal propagated to the pipelines.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Open controls that evidence it

Draft controls in the open control profiles that map to this row: each states a requirement and the evidence it must leave behind.

Source

Chapter 08, section The GDPR, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). GDPR Art. 7: conditions for consent and its withdrawal (AIGE-OBL-GDPR-ART7). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-gdpr-art7. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{GDPR Art. 7: conditions for consent and its withdrawal (AIGE-OBL-GDPR-ART7)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-gdpr-art7},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}