Premessa 47
Recital 47
(47) L-interessi leġittimi ta’ kontrollur inklużi dawk ta’ kontrollur li lilu tista’ tiġi żvelata d-data personali jew ta’ parti terza, jistgħu jipprovdu bażi legali għall-ipproċessar, sakemm l-interessi jew id-drittijiet u l-libertajiet fundamentali tas-suġġett tad-data ma jkunux aktar importanti, b’kont meħud tal-aspettattivi raġonevoli tas-suġġetti tad-data abbażi tar-relazzjoni tagħhom mal-kontrollur.
Tali interess leġittimu jista’ jeżisti pereżempju fejn ikun hemm relazzjoni rilevanti u adatta bejn is-suġġett tad-data u l-kontrollur f’sitwazzjonijiet bħal fejn is-suġġett tad-data jkun klijent jew fis-servizz tal-kontrollur.
Fi kwalunkwe każ il-preżenza ta’ interess leġittimu tkun teħtieġ valutazzjoni bir-reqqa inkluż dwar jekk is-suġġett tad-data jkunx jista’ raġonevolment jistenna, fil-mument u fil-kuntest tal-ġbir tad-data personali, li l-ipproċessar għal dak il-fini jkun jista’ jsir.
L-interessi u d-drittijiet fundamentali tas-suġġett tad-data jistgħu, b’mod partikolari, isiru iktar importanti mill-interess tal-kontrollur tad-data fejn tkun ipproċessata data personali f’ċirkostanzi fejn is-suġġetti tad-data jistennew b’mod raġonevoli li ma jsirx iktar ipproċessar.
Minħabba li hija r-responsabbiltà tal-leġiżlatur li jipprovdi bil-liġi l-bażi legali għall-awtoritajiet pubbliċi sabiex jipproċessaw id-data personali, dik il-bażi ma għandhiex tapplika għall-ipproċessar mill-awtoritajiet pubbliċi fit-twettiq tal-kompiti tagħhom.
L-ipproċessar ta’ data personali sal-punt strettament meħtieġ għall-finijiet tal-prevenzjoni u l-monitoraġġ ta’ frodi wkoll jikkostitwixxi interess leġittimu tal-kontrollur tad-data kkonċernat.
L-ipproċessar ta’ data personali għal finijiet ta’ kummerċjalizzazzjoni diretta jista’ jitqies li twettaq għal interess leġittimu.
(47) The legitimate interests of a controller, including those of a controller to which the personal data may be disclosed, or of a third party, may provide a legal basis for processing, provided that the interests or the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject are not overriding, taking into consideration the reasonable expectations of data subjects based on their relationship with the controller.
Such legitimate interest could exist for example where there is a relevant and appropriate relationship between the data subject and the controller in situations such as where the data subject is a client or in the service of the controller.
At any rate the existence of a legitimate interest would need careful assessment including whether a data subject can reasonably expect at the time and in the context of the collection of the personal data that processing for that purpose may take place.
The interests and fundamental rights of the data subject could in particular override the interest of the data controller where personal data are processed in circumstances where data subjects do not reasonably expect further processing.
Given that it is for the legislator to provide by law for the legal basis for public authorities to process personal data, that legal basis should not apply to the processing by public authorities in the performance of their tasks.
The processing of personal data strictly necessary for the purposes of preventing fraud also constitutes a legitimate interest of the data controller concerned.
The processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes may be regarded as carried out for a legitimate interest.
The latest consolidated version of the Regulation with corrections by Corrigendum, OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, p. 2 ((EU) 2016/679). Source: EUR-lex.