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Customer and Product Data Bill

Protections - Authorisation

41: Authorisation must not be required as condition of providing product

You could also call this:

“Sellers can't make you agree to share extra data just to buy their stuff”

If someone sells you things or gives you services that are not regulated data services, they are not allowed to make you agree to a regulated data service just to get their product. They can only ask you to agree to a regulated data service if it’s really needed for them to give you their product.

This new rule is part of a bill that might become a law. It’s meant to protect you when you’re buying things or getting services. The people selling you stuff can’t force you to sign up for extra data services unless those services are actually necessary for what you’re buying.

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Part 3 Protections
Authorisation

41Authorisation must not be required as condition of providing product

  1. This section applies if a person provides to a customer goods or services other than regulated data services (products).

  2. The person must not, as a condition of providing a product, require the customer to authorise a regulated data service unless that service is reasonably necessary to enable the person to provide the product.