{"id":190015,"date":"2024-08-25T19:05:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T18:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=190015"},"modified":"2024-08-26T04:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T03:38:09","slug":"legitimate-interests-assessment-data-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/data-privacy-it\/legitimate-interests-assessment-data-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Legitimate Interests Assessment Under Data Protection Law?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When running a business, dealing with personal data is crucial to your everyday activities. Whether it is customer information, employee records, or client details, most companies must process various types of personal data to keep their operations running smoothly. However, under UK data protection law, you must have a ‘lawful basis’ to process personal data. One of the lawful bases is ‘legitimate interests’. To ensure you are using this basis correctly, your business should conduct an assessment known as a Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA<\/strong>). This article will explore controllers using personal data for legitimate interests, why an LIA is essential, and how to conduct this assessment effectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is the UK GDPR?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The UK GDPR law governs how businesses may collect, store, and use personal data. Its essential purpose is to protect data subjects’ privacy and give them control over their data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For your business, this means you must take data protection<\/a> seriously and ensure all your data processing activities are lawful, fair, and transparent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is a Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Data?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You must have a lawful basis<\/a> before processing personal data as a controller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK GDPR outlines six lawful bases that you can rely on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n