# Right to object 21(3) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (21(3)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-21#par-3
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Part of **Right to object** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-21).

## Provision text

### 21(3)

Where the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data shall no longer be processed for such purposes.


## Topics on this provision

- **Marketing** — https://overview.legal/topics/marketing
  Use of personal data for marketing and advertising purposes
- **Direct Marketing** — https://overview.legal/topics/direct-marketing
  Processing for marketing and advertising purposes
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **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 Court (First Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#Agentsia po vpisvaniyata v OL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Publication in the commercial register of a company’s constitutive instrument containing personal data – Directive (EU) 2017/1132 – Non-compulsory personal data – Lack of consent of the data subjec** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132161
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 April 2024.#GP v juris GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82 – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing that infringes that regulation – Concept of ‘non-material damage’ – Impact of the seriousness of the damage suffered – Liability of the controlle** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **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 Court (Third Chamber) of 11 April 2024.#GP v juris GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82 – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing that infringes that regulation – Concept of ‘non-material damage’ – Impact of the seriousness of the damage suffered – Liability of the controlle** ¶22 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#Agentsia po vpisvaniyata v OL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Publication in the commercial register of a company’s constitutive instrument containing personal data – Directive (EU) 2017/1132 – Non-compulsory personal data – Lack of consent of the data subjec** ¶58 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132161
- **EDPB Annual Report 2021** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125941
- **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
- **EDPB Annual Report 2022** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125861
- **Joint Guidelines on the Interplay between the Digital Markets Act and the General Data Protection Regulation** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51268

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