# Principles relating to processing of personal data 5(a) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (5(a)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-5#par-1-pnt-a
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Part of **Principles relating to processing of personal data** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-5).

## Provision text

### 5(a)

processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject (‘lawfulness, fairness and transparency’);


## Topics on this provision

- **Transparency** — https://overview.legal/topics/transparantie
  Openness about data processing activities
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 April 2025.#L. H. v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4 – Definitions – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Article 86 – Public access to official documents – Data concerning the representative of a legal person – Case-law of a national court imposing an obligation to inform and consult the data subject prio** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132145
- **Supreme Court upholds €300,000 fine against INPS for GDPR violations in COVID bonus data** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53097
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 10 February 2026.#WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board.#Appeal – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 63 – Consistency mechanism – Article 65 – Dispute resolution by the European Data Protection Board – Binding decision – Action for annulment – First paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Act open to challenge – Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Condition that the** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132126
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 December 2025.#X v Russmedia Digital SRL and Inform Media Press SRL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(7) – Concept of ‘controller’ – Responsibility of the operator of an online marketplace for the publication of personal data contained in advertisements placed on its online marketplace by user advertisers – Article 5(2) –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132130
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025.#Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 13(1) and (2) – Unsolicited communications – Concept of communication ‘for the purposes of di** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132132
- **HvJ EU 9 januari 2025, C‑394/23 (Mousse).** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/50377
- **FTT: NMC should have neither confirmed nor denied holding struck-off nurse's personal data** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53656
- **Deutsche Wohnen SE v Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51487
- **German Supreme Court: No GDPR basis for debt transmission to credit agency; €500 damages** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53895
- **BGH: Court must grant unredacted file access in compulsory auctions under Art. 6(1)(e)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53110
- **Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#Maximilian Schrems v Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Online social networks – General terms of use relating to contracts concluded between a digital platform and a user – Personalised advertising – Article 5(1)(b) – Principle of purpos** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132159
- **GC - T-318/24** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/122878

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