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What does it mean when a data source requires consent?

When systems share personal identifiable information (PII), in certain cases, it is important to confirm that the individual has given permission for their data to be used. Once you collect consent, for example, through a checkbox or form, the transmission of this consent must happen between systems via API as a consentObtained: "true" flag.

When including a consent flag in the flow of information, businesses help ensure their systems are acting in alignment with privacy expectations and legal obligations.

In our case, sending consent through an API means that we included the field: 'consentObtained: true'. along with the data request. This indicates that the individual has provided consent and the system sending the data has flagged that this consent exists.

This flag plays a critical role on how Data Zoo responsibly handles data.

What's required:

Customers must confirm that they collected consent

Customers must include consentObtained: "true" in the API call.

 

Data sources that require the consent flag to be sent as for today:

  • Australia Birth Certificate

  • Australia Centrelink Card -  DVS

  • Australia Change of Name Certificate -  DVS

  • Australia Citizenship Certificate -  DVS

  • Australia Credit Bureau

  • Australia Driver Licence -  DVS

  • Australia Electoral Roll

  • Australia ImmiCard -  DVS

  • Australia Marriage Certificate -  DVS

  • Australia Medicare Card -  DVS

  • Australia Passport -  DVS

  • Australia Superannuation & Payroll 

  • Australia Travel Document -  DVS

  • Australia VEVO 

  • Australia Visa -  DVS

  • Austria Credit Bureau 

  • Cambodia National ID 

  • Canada Credit Bureau (FINTRAC) 

  • Canada Credit Bureau 2 (Non-FINTRAC) 

  • Canada Residential 

  • China Bank Card 

  • China National ID 

  • China Passport Verification 

  • China Phone 

  • Colombia National ID

  • Germany Credit Bureau 

  • India Aadhaar 

  • India Drivers Licence 

  • India EPIC (Voter's Registration) 

  • India PAN (Permanent Account Number) 

  • India Passport 

  • Indonesia Residential Identity Card 

  • Malaysia National ID 

  • New Zealand Births - DIA 

  • New Zealand Citizenship - DIA 

  • New Zealand Citizenship - DIA 

  • New Zealand Credit Bureau 

  • New Zealand Utility 

  • Philippines Credit Bureau 

  • Philippines Residential 

  • Poland Credit Bureau 

  • Singapore Credit Bureau 

  • Spain National ID 

  • Switzerland Credit Bureau 

  • Thailand National ID 

  • United Kingdom Credit Bureau 

 

Important to understand:

The responsibility to collect and retain proof of consent lies with you, our customer.

We trust you to only send this flag when consent has truly been obtained.

 

Additional consent requirements

Some data sources have stricter requirements. In addition to the consent flag, they also need to validate the consent practices of the business that is capturing consent. This typically involves an onboarding process between the business and the data provider.

See Data sources that require consent and full customer onboarding.