# Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes 89(3) — 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(3)

Where personal data are processed for archiving purposes in the public interest, Union or Member State law may provide for derogations from the rights referred to in Articles 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 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

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

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38055

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