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

> Focused context for a single provision (6(a)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-10-06. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-6#par-4-pnt-a
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Part of **Lawfulness of processing** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-6).

## Provision text

### 6(a)

any link between the purposes for which the personal data have been collected and the purposes of the intended further processing;


## Topics on this provision

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

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **OGH - 6Ob148/25w** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/353918
- **OGH - 6Ob148/25w** ¶51 (case-law, Austrian Supreme Court (for Civil and Criminal Matters)) — https://overview.legal/posts/353918
- **OGH - 6Ob148/25w** ¶38 (case-law, Austrian Supreme Court (for Civil and Criminal Matters)) — https://overview.legal/posts/353918

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