# Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes 89(1) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-89).

## Provision text

### 89(1)

Processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, shall be subject to appropriate safeguards, in accordance with this Regulation, for the rights and freedoms of the data subject. Those safeguards shall ensure that technical and organisational measures are in place in particular in order to ensure respect for the principle of data minimisation. Those measures may include pseudonymisation provided that those purposes can be fulfilled in that manner. Where those purposes can be fulfilled by further processing which does not permit or no longer permits the identification of data subjects, those purposes shall be fulfilled in that manner.


## Topics on this provision

- **Identification** — https://overview.legal/topics/identificatie
  Methods and processes for identifying individuals
- **Statistics** — https://overview.legal/topics/statistics
  Statistical purposes and statistical processing
- **Anonymization** — https://overview.legal/topics/anonimisering
  Irreversible removal of identifying information from data
- **Retention Period** — https://overview.legal/topics/bewaartermijn
  The duration for which personal data may be stored
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023.#UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#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 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Tra** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132289
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2023.#Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer beim Hessischen Kultusministerium v Minister des Hessischen Kultusministeriums.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 88(1) and (2) – Processing of data in the employment context – Regional school system – Teaching by videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132292
- **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
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 January 2024.#État belge v Autorité de protection des données.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the cour d'appel de Bruxelles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point 7 of Article 4 – Concept of ‘controller’ – Official journal of a Member State – Obl** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132274
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 January 2023.#RW v Österreichische Post AG.#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 – Article 15(1)(c) – Data subject’s right of access to his or her data – Information about the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed – Restrictions.#C** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132299
- **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 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
- **Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) of 3 September 2025.#Zalando SE v European Commission.#Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 – Designation of a very large online platform – Plea of illegality – Article 33(1) and (4) of Regulation 2022/2065 – Legal certainty – Equal treatment – Proportionality – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-348/23.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132138
- **USR - Us I-755/2025-8** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/49225
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 November 2024.#Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Data processed when drawing up a COVID-19 certificate – Data not collected from the data subject – Information to be provided – Exception to the obligation t** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132158
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 November 2024.#Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Data processed when drawing up a COVID-19 certificate – Data not collected from the data subject – Information to be provided – Exception to the obligation t** ¶10 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132158
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 January 2024.#État belge v Autorité de protection des données.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the cour d'appel de Bruxelles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point 7 of Article 4 – Concept of ‘controller’ – Official journal of a Member State – Obl** ¶4 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132274

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