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Term: Purpose Limitation

Purpose Limitation refers to the principle that personal data must only be collected, processed, and used for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes.

Alternative Meanings:
  • Purpose Limitation

    The principle that data should only be collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not processed in ways incompatible with those purposes.

  • Purpose Limitation

    Purpose Limitation refers to the principle that personal data must only be collected, processed, and used for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes.

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