“Refer a Friend” program

Answer:

If you use consent as a legal grounds for processing the data you can have a first contact with the data subjects to try and obtain their consent this will not be in breach of the EU GDPR provisions.

To find out more about consent check out our webinar “ How to handle consents under GDPR” https://advisera.com/eugdpracademy/webinar/how-to-handle-consents-under-gdpr-free-webinar-on-demand/

Thank you for your reply. Would this be the same if it was consent to market?

Yes, there is only one kind of consent. However, depending to what are you referring your friend to legitimate interest may work as well.