# Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes 89(2) — 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(2)

Where personal data are processed for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, Union or Member State law may provide for derogations from the rights referred to in Articles 15, 16, 18 and 21 subject to the conditions and safeguards referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in so far as such rights are likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the specific purposes, and such derogations are necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes.


## Topics on this provision

- **Statistics** — https://overview.legal/topics/statistics
  Statistical purposes and statistical processing
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Spanish court reviews DPA decision on KFC Spain website privacy information and DPO** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184690
- **Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38055
- **Statement 1/2023 on the first review of the functioning of the adequacy decision for Japan** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125837
- **If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? Ten improvements for the upcoming tenth anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation** (literature) — https://overview.legal/posts/53843

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