# Derogations for specific situations 49(f) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Derogations for specific situations** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-49).

## Provision text

### 49(f)

the transfer is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of other persons, where the data subject is physically or legally incapable of giving consent;


## Topics on this provision

- **Lawful Basis** — https://overview.legal/topics/lawful-basis-article-6
  This topic is essential as Article 6 GDPR provides the specific legal bases that determine whether processing is lawful, which is the core requirement of the 'L
- **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)

- **Guidelines 2/2018 on derogations of Article 49 under Regulation 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38057
- **Guidelines 2/2018 on derogations of Article 49 under Regulation 2016/679** §33 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38057
- **Guidelines 2/2018 on derogations of Article 49 under Regulation 2016/679** §30 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38057

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