| TD: Legal Obligation as Legal Basis

Legal Obligation as Legal Basis, v1.0

Specifies requirements in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Art. 6(1)(c).

Assessment Step

1 Legal Obligation as Legal Basis (LegalObligationasLegalBasis) Does the entity ensure that personal data is processed lawfully where the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject? Artifact A1 Provide evidence (e.g. organizational policies, procedures, compliance/assessment reports, etc.) and supporting notes as appropriate to support the assessor's response to this assessment step.

Conformance Criteria (1)

Legal Obligation as Legal Basis The data controller must ensure that personal data is processed lawfully where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject. Citation GDPR Art. 6(1)(c), Recital 45

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https://artifacts.trustmarkinitiative.org/lib/tds/legal-obligation-as-legal-basis/1.0/

Publication Date

2025-05-15

Issuing Organization

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Keywords

GDPR, Data Protection, Privacy, Data Privacy

Issuance Criteria

yes(ALL)

Target Recipient

Entities that want to demonstrate compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88), in the role of a Data Controller.

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GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1-88).

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