Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, section 77: the research exemption from telling people (Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 c. 18, s 77 (new UK GDPR Art 13(5)-(6)))
A UK holder is excused from telling its own customers about a new use only for research under Article 84B and only if telling them is impossible or disproportionate. For a holder with email addresses for its customers, that is a hard case to make.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“Paragraph 3 does not apply to the extent that- (a) the controller intends to further process the personal data- (i) for (and only for) the purposes of scientific or historical research, the purposes of archiving in the public interest or statistical purposes, and (ii) in accordance with Article 84B, and (b) providing the information is impossible or would involve a disproportionate effort.”
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