Lawfulness, fairness and transparency Details

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GDPR principle that requires personal data to be processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner in relation to the subjects of the data held.

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For processing of personal data to be lawful, you need to identify specific grounds for the processing. This is called a 'lawful basis' for processing, and there are six options which depend on your purpose and your relationship with the individual. There are also specific additional conditions for processing some especially sensitive types of data.
Processing of personal data must always be fair as well as lawful. If any aspect of your processing is unfair you will be in breach of this principle - even if you can show that you have a lawful basis for the processing.
Transparency is fundamentally linked to fairness. Transparent processing is about being clear, open and honest with people from the start about who you are, and how and why you use their personal data.

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