Når personoplysninger kan viderebehandles, efter at den medlemsstat, som oplysningerne er modtaget fra, har givet sit samtykke, bør hver medlemsstat kunne fastsætte de nærmere regler for en sådant samtykke, herunder ved f.eks. at give sit generelle samtykke for så vidt angår bestemte kategorier af oplysninger eller bestemte lande.
Where personal data may be further processed after the Member State from which the data were obtained has given its consent, each Member State should be able to determine the modalities of such consent, including, for example, by means of a general consent for categories of information or categories of further processing.