# Material scope 2(c) — GDPR — provision context

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

## Provision text

### 2(c)

by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity;


## Topics on this provision

- **Material scope (GDPR)** — https://overview.legal/topics/material-scope
  What processing the GDPR applies to — and the exclusions: purely personal or household activity, law enforcement, EU institutions (Article 2 GDPR).

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 July 2024.#MK v WB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hannover.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(c) – Scope – Exclusion – Purely personal or household activity – Article 4(7) – Controller – Former guardian who performed his or her duties in a professional capacity – Article 15 – Access of the person who has been** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132251
- **Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 July 2024.#MK v WB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hannover.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(c) – Scope – Exclusion – Purely personal or household activity – Article 4(7) – Controller – Former guardian who performed his or her duties in a professional capacity – Article 15 – Access of the person who has been** ¶15 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132251
- **Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 July 2024.#MK v WB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hannover.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(c) – Scope – Exclusion – Purely personal or household activity – Article 4(7) – Controller – Former guardian who performed his or her duties in a professional capacity – Article 15 – Access of the person who has been** ¶23 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132251
- **Guidelines 01/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126056
- **Guidelines 8/2020 on the targeting of social media users** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38073
- **Guidelines 09/2020 on relevant and reasoned objection under Regulation 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38061
- **Guidelines 05/2021 on the Interplay between the application of Article 3 and the provisions on international transfers as per Chapter V of the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125866
- **Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38055
- **Opinion 7/2024 on the draft decision of the German North Rhine Westphalia Supervisory Authority regarding the EU Cloud Service Data Protection (Auditor) certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125759
- **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
- **Guidelines 01/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications** §101 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/126056
- **Guidelines 09/2020 on relevant and reasoned objection under Regulation 2016/679** §25 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38061

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