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Tag: Article 6

Can I use «legitimate interest» to justify marketing emails and cold messages?

No, you may not. You may only do it if you have a prior sales relationship with the person. This is not regulated in the GDPR, but in Directive 2002/58/EC.

2 September 2023
Article 6 of the GDPR: the legal basis for processing

In summary, GDPR requires that personal data must be processed lawfully, and there are six lawful bases for processing. At least one of these must apply in order for GDPR to be complied with.

23 November 2022
Can I use data for different purposes to which the user consented originally?

GDPR requires that processing shall be lawful, and the most common way for this to happen is the if the user has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes. If you want to use the data for a different purpose, you must first check whether…

9 August 2022