# Lawfulness of processing 6(c) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Lawfulness of processing** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-6).

## Provision text

### 6(c)

processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;


## Topics on this provision

- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 November 2023.#Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v Scania CV AB.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Market for motor vehicle repair and maintenance information services – Regulation (EU) 2018/858 – Approval and market surveillance of repair and maintenance information services for motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such ve** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132281
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 August 2022.#OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 52(1) – Directive 95/46/EC – Article 7(c) – Article 8(1) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (c) of the first subparagraph of** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132309
- **BVwG - W254 2321912-1** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125597
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2023.#OQ v Land Hessen.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 22 – Automated individual decision-making – Credit information agencies – Automated establishment of a probability value concerning the ability of a person to meet payment commitments in the future (‘s** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132279
- **GC - T‑451/20 - Meta Platforms Ireland v Commission** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125607
- **Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 24 May 2023.#Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, formerly Facebook Ireland Ltd v European Commission.#Competition – Data market – Administrative procedure – Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Request for information – Virtual data room – Obligation to state reasons – Legal certainty – Rights of the defence – Necessity of the information requested – Misuse of powers – Right to privacy – Proportionality –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132287
- **Meta Platforms v noyb** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51484
- **FTT: NMC should have neither confirmed nor denied holding struck-off nurse's personal data** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53656
- **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
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 February 2025.#Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung v Datenschutzbehörde.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(7) – Concept of ‘controller’ – Direct designation of the controller by national law – Auxiliary administrative entity in the service of a regional government – Lack of** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132147
- **CJEU - C‑474/24 - NADA Austria and Others** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/108989
- **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

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