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title: "What is opt-out consent?"
subtitle: "Opt-out consent is a consent model where user consent is not sought actively and requires the user to opt-out or withdraw their consent at a later time."
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# What is opt-out consent?
Opt-out consent is a consent model where user consent is not sought actively and requires the user to opt-out or withdraw their consent at a later time. For example, pre-checked boxes for email subscriptions when a user signs up.

Opt-out consent model is used by data privacy laws like the [CCPA](https://www.cookieyes.com/blog/what-is-ccpa/) which requires businesses to provide consumers with the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal data. 

While privacy regulation in the EU, governed by GDPR requires users to have the choice to [opt-in or opt-out](https://www.cookieyes.com/blog/opt-in-opt-out/). In this model, the user has to give explicit consent before any cookies are set on their browser and have the choice to deny consent and opt-out from cookies being set.