# Verwerking van bijzondere categorieën van persoonsgegevens 9(j) — AVG — provision context

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Part of **Verwerking van bijzondere categorieën van persoonsgegevens** (AVG, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/avg/art-9).

## Provision text

### 9(j)

de verwerking is noodzakelijk met het oog op archivering in het algemeen belang, wetenschappelijk of historisch onderzoek of statistische doeleinden overeenkomstig artikel 89, lid 1, op grond van Unierecht of lidstatelijk recht, waarbij de evenredigheid met het nagestreefde doel wordt gewaarborgd, de wezenlijke inhoud van het recht op bescherming van persoonsgegevens wordt geëerbiedigd en passende en specifieke maatregelen worden getroffen ter bescherming van de grondrechten en de belangen van de betrokkene.


## Topics on this provision

- **Statistics** — https://overview.legal/topics/statistics
  Statistical purposes and statistical processing
- **Archiving** — https://overview.legal/topics/archiving
  Archiving in the public interest
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **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** §156 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §152 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §149 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §157 (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
- **Study on the secondary use of personal data in the context of scientific research** §107 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/50717

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