Legitimate interest
A legal basis under the GDPR (Article 6(1)(f)) that can permit processing where the controller's interest is not overridden by the rights of the people, established through a documented balancing test (a legitimate interest assessment, or LIA). It is flexible but not unlimited, and it does not by itself carry special-category data.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Governance: Applied Mastery.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A legal basis under the GDPR (Article 6(1)(f)) that can permit processing where the controller's interest is not overridden by the rights of the people, established through a documented balancing test (a legitimate interest assessment, or LIA). It is flexible but not unlimited, and it does not by itself carry special-category data.
A GDPR Article 6(1)(f) lawful basis requiring an organization to demonstrate a real interest, necessity of the processing for that interest, and that the interest is not overridden by the data subject's rights, through a documented balancing test.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Purpose archaeology: what your data was collected FOR versus what it feeds now · Consent, Purpose, and the Law of Data, AI Data Governance: The Data Chair
- Consent archaeology: what this data was collected for versus what you want to do · Data Reality, AI Governance: Applied Mastery
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.