# Right to restriction of processing 18(b) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (18(b)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-18#par-1-pnt-b
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Part of **Right to restriction of processing** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-18).

## Provision text

### 18(b)

the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **OLG München - 36 U 1054/25 e** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184545
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶61 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶51 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶48 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶69 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶34 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶1 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶38 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** ¶66 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2023 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125829

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