# Principles relating to processing of personal data 5(d) — 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(d)

accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate, having regard to the purposes for which they are processed, are erased or rectified without delay (‘accuracy’);


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **BVwG - W254 2321912-1** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125597
- **CA - EWCA Civ 899 Vince v. Associated Newspapers Limited** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/144030
- **Supreme Court upholds €300,000 fine against INPS for GDPR violations in COVID bonus data** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53097
- **OLG Köln - 15 W 55/26** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53657
- **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
- **CJEU - C-247/23 - Deldits** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125591
- **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) –** ¶93 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132130
- **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) –** ¶80 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132130
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 04/2021 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126039
- **Guidelines 4/2019 on Article 25 Data Protection by Design and by Default Version 2.0 Adopted on 20 October 2020** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38054
- **EDPB contribution to the EBA public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards on AML/CFT** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51178
- **EDPB contribution to the EBA public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards on AML/CFT** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51076

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