If, for example, its remit covered possible failings in historic police investigations, the First Minister said it would require the Attorney General's consent, although he seemed to be optimistic that would be forthcoming if WG deemed it necessary.

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"The promised privacy safeguards do not provide adequate protection to shield Street View from the general requirement of notice and consent, " said the complaint.

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However, the attorney general's decision said that if the traveler declined to give consent, it would be made clear that a refusal would be taken into consideration, along with other relevant factors, in deciding whether to allow entry into Israel.

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In 2000, the General Medical Council, the profession's own watchdog, recommended that consent be sought before personal information is handed over to registries.

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"The Secretary-General welcomes that bilateral partners are responding, at the request and with the consent of the government of Mali, to its call for assistance to counter the troubling push southward by armed and terrorist groups, " his office said in a statement.

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Jill Lesser, assistant general counsel at AOL, said the service doesn't have another way to identify parental consent.

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