# Rechtmatigheid van de verwerking 6(e) — AVG — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (6(e)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/avg/art-6#par-1-pnt-e
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Part of **Rechtmatigheid van de verwerking** (AVG, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/avg/art-6).

## Provision text

### 6(e)

de verwerking is noodzakelijk voor de vervulling van een taak van algemeen belang of van een taak in het kader van de uitoefening van het openbaar gezag dat aan de verwerkingsverantwoordelijke is opgedragen;


## Topics on this provision

- **Data Controller** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerkingsverantwoordelijke
  The entity that determines purposes and means of processing personal data
- **Processing** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerking
  Any operation performed on personal data
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Feiten: "Eiseres was tot april 2022 [functie] voor de fractie van [politieke partij] .** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51161
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717
- **EU-US Data Privacy Framework Template Complaint Form for Submitting Complaints to EU DPAs related to the Data Privacy Framework Principles - version 2.0** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/53748
- **EDPB Annual Report 2024** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/50818
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §108 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §78 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §9 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §8 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717

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