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

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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(b)

collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes; further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes shall, in accordance with Article 89(1), not be considered to be incompatible with the initial purposes (‘purpose limitation’);


## Topics on this provision

- **Statistics** — https://overview.legal/topics/statistics
  Statistical purposes and statistical processing
- **GDPR Article 5 Principles of Processing** — https://overview.legal/topics/gdpr-article-5-principles
  This content specifically addresses the foundational principles of personal data processing under GDPR Article 5, which encompasses multiple related but distinc

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 November 2022.#WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2018/843 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Amendment to Article 30(5), first subparagraph, point (c), of Directive 2015/849 – Access for any member** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132303
- **BVwG - W258 2227269-1/39E** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184564
- **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
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 December 2022.#VS v Inspektor v Inspektorata kam Visshia sadeben savet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad - Blagoevgrad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 2, 4 and 6 – Applicability of Regulation 2016/679 – Concept of ‘legitimate interest’ – Concept of ‘task carried out in the public interest or in the exercis** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132300
- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022.#SIA 'SS' v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2 – Scope – Article 4 – Concept of ‘processing’ – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Proc** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132316
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 January 2019.#Deutsche Post AG v Hauptzollamt Köln.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — The Union Customs Code — Article 39 — Status of authorised economic operator — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 — The second subparagraph of Article 24(1) — Applicant not a natural person — Questionnaire — Collection of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 6 and 7 — R** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132339
- **GC - T-318/24** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/122878
- **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 (Fourth Chamber) of 11 July 2024.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – First sentence of Article 12(1) – Transparency of information – Article 13(1)(c) and (e) – Obligation o** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132250
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2023.#Norra Stockholm Bygg AB v Per Nycander AB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(3) and (4) – Lawfulness of processing – Production of a document containing personal data in civil court proceedings – Article 23(1)(f) and (j) – Protection of judicial independence and judicial proceedings – Enforcement of civil law clai** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132293
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#Digi Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(b) and (e) – Principle of ‘purpose limitation’ – Principle of ‘storage limitation’ – Creation, from an existing database, of a datab** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132306
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#Digi Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(b) and (e) – Principle of ‘purpose limitation’ – Principle of ‘storage limitation’ – Creation, from an existing database, of a datab** ¶15 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132306

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