Basic information about the regulation

Name of regulation
Purpose limitation principle
Citation
Personal data shall be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes; further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes shall, in accordance with Article 89(1), not be considered to be incompatible with the initial purposes (‘purpose limitation’)
Legislative localisation Chapter II, Article 5, Paragraph 1/b
Regulation
subject-matter
Principles relating to processing of personal data (Article 5, Chapter II)
Regulation type Obligation
Indirect right
Regulation class Axiom or principle
Subjects of regulation
Obligation Controller
Processor
Indirect right Data subject
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