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

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

## Provision text

### 6(f)

de verwerking is noodzakelijk voor de behartiging van de gerechtvaardigde belangen van de verwerkingsverantwoordelijke of van een derde, behalve wanneer de belangen of de grondrechten en de fundamentele vrijheden van de betrokkene die tot bescherming van persoonsgegevens nopen, zwaarder wegen dan die belangen, met name wanneer de betrokkene een kind is.


## Topics on this provision

- **Data Controller** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerkingsverantwoordelijke
  The entity that determines purposes and means of processing personal data
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **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)

- **Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/50682
- **Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)** ¶25 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/50682
- **hier** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/50413
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/53739
- **Coordinated Enforcement Action,** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/53740
- **EDPB Annual Report 2024** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/50818
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** (guidance) — 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** §107 (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
- **hier** §135 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50413
- **hier** §55 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50413

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