Take-Aways (AI)
  • Arti­kel 7(f) gestat­tet Daten­ver­ar­bei­tung nur nach Abwä­gung zwi­schen berech­tig­ten Inter­es­sen des Verantwortlichen/Dritter und den Rech­ten der betrof­fe­nen Person.
  • Die Mei­nung bie­tet pra­xis­na­he Leit­li­ni­en zur Anwen­dung von Arti­kel 7(f) im bestehen­den Rechts­rah­men und zur Durch­füh­rung der Abwägung.
  • Emp­feh­lun­gen wer­den vor­ge­schla­gen, um künf­ti­ge recht­li­che Ver­bes­se­run­gen und Klar­stel­lun­gen im Anwen­dungs­feld von Arti­kel 7(f) zu fördern.

Opi­ni­on 06/2014 on the noti­on of legi­ti­ma­te inte­rests of the data con­trol­ler under Artic­le 7 of Direc­ti­ve 95/46/EC:

This Opi­ni­on ana­ly­ses the cri­te­ria set down in Artic­le 7 of Direc­ti­ve 95/46/EC for making data pro­ce­s­sing legi­ti­ma­te. Focu­sing on the legi­ti­ma­te inte­rests of the con­trol­ler, it pro­vi­des gui­dance on how to app­ly Artic­le 7(f) under the cur­rent legal frame­work and makes recom­men­da­ti­ons for future improvements. 

Artic­le 7(f) is the last of six grounds for the lawful pro­ce­s­sing of per­so­nal data. In effect it
requi­res a balan­cing of the legi­ti­ma­te inte­rests of the con­trol­ler, or any third par­ties to whom the data are dis­c­lo­sed, against the inte­rests or fun­da­men­tal rights of the data sub­ject. The out­co­me of this balan­cing test will deter­mi­ne whe­ther Artic­le 7(f) may be reli­ed upon as a legal ground for processing.