User Control Over Personal Data: Consent Lifecycle Diagram

Consent Rail

Control grows as the person moves from default tracking to an informed choice
Each forward step needs a clearer notice and a real question
Consented is the only active-service state on the main rail

Freedom to Refuse

A valid yes must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous
Refusing or withdrawing must cost nothing: no detriment, no dark pattern
A new purpose re-opens the decision instead of stretching the old yes

Explicit Endings

Take-it-or-leave-it access with no alternative ends as Tracked Anyway
Withdrawn ends collection and triggers erasure of what is no longer needed
Purged means the data is deleted once retention expires