Data Protection · glossary
The second step of legitimate interests: the person’s own interests and rights must not outweigh the use. A recognised legitimate interest needs no balancing test, because the law has already judged those uses worth it. Chapter 3 · see Legitimate interests, Recognised legitimate interest
Explained in Chapter 3, Lawful Bases and Recognised Legitimate Interests, of Data Protection.
Legitimate interests is the widest basis. The use must be necessary for a real interest of the controller or of others. Then it must pass the balancing test: the person’s own interests and rights must not outweigh it.Read Chapter 3, Lawful Bases and Recognised Legitimate Interests →
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