03 March 2025

Consent Types

Use this reference data to create and store consent types for different processing operations and be able to obtain the consent from learners.

The Description and Consent Wording fields cannot be edited for a consent type when the associated consent has been given by a learner on the Consent tab in the Learner module.

Users can do the following when managing consent types:

• Select from a list of active consent groups to associate with a consent type, which are set up in the Consent Groups reference data
• Enter the wording for the consent that the learner can give consent to
• Select the Learner Required check box to indicate the learner must provide consent for the consent type
• Select the Contact Methods check box to indicate the learner can be contacted using a set of methods configured in the Data Protection Contact Types reference data