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Embodiments may provide techniques that provide the capability to manage consent for access to personal data common to multiple people. For example, a method may comprise identifying data for which at least a portion of the data is common to a plurality of individuals or entities, determining a consensus level, for a purpose, of the individuals or entities to which the stored data is common, the consensus level being required for access to the data, transmitting a request for consent to the stored data to each of the plurality of individuals or entities, receiving responses to the requests for consent from at least some of the plurality of individuals or entities, determining a consensus score based on the received responses to the requests for consent, and allowing or denying access to the stored data based on the determined consensus score and on the required consensus level.
