# Right to restriction of processing 18(2) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (18(2)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-18#par-2
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Part of **Right to restriction of processing** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-18).

## Provision text

### 18(2)

Where processing has been restricted under paragraph 1, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with the data subject's consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Consent** — https://overview.legal/topics/toestemming
  Freely given, specific, informed indication of data subject wishes

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6180
- **BVwG - W292 2270002-1** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/109002
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 March 2024.#RL v Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Strengthening the security of identity cards of EU citizens – Validity – Legal basis – Article 21(2) TFEU – Article 77(3) TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Article 3(5) – Obligation for Member States to include two fingerprints in interoperable digital formats in the stora** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132266
- **Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 24 May 2023.#Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, formerly Facebook Ireland Ltd v European Commission.#Competition – Data market – Administrative procedure – Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Request for information – Virtual data room – Obligation to state reasons – Legal certainty – Rights of the defence – Necessity of the information requested – Misuse of powers – Right to privacy – Proportionality –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132287
- **V & EDPS v. EUROPEAN PARLAMENT** ¶5 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/5975
- **Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 24 May 2023.#Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, formerly Facebook Ireland Ltd v European Commission.#Competition – Data market – Administrative procedure – Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Request for information – Virtual data room – Obligation to state reasons – Legal certainty – Rights of the defence – Necessity of the information requested – Misuse of powers – Right to privacy – Proportionality –** ¶4 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132287
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 March 2024.#RL v Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Strengthening the security of identity cards of EU citizens – Validity – Legal basis – Article 21(2) TFEU – Article 77(3) TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Article 3(5) – Obligation for Member States to include two fingerprints in interoperable digital formats in the stora** ¶53 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132266
- **Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 24 May 2023.#Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, formerly Facebook Ireland Ltd v European Commission.#Competition – Data market – Administrative procedure – Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Request for information – Virtual data room – Obligation to state reasons – Legal certainty – Rights of the defence – Necessity of the information requested – Misuse of powers – Right to privacy – Proportionality –** ¶4 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132288
- **VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)** ¶7 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/6180
- **VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)** ¶2006 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/6180
- **VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)** ¶3 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/6180
- **VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)** ¶32 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/6180

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