GDPR Legitimate Interest

Legal basis for the entire enrichment pipeline: GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — legitimate interests.

Source: docs/SYSTEM_OVERVIEW.md § GDPR.

Why it applies

  • Data is corporate registry information, not consumer data.
  • Individuals appear in their professional capacity (VD, board members, contact persons).
  • All source data is publicly available because Swedish law mandates publication for company registration.

The Bisnode case (Poland, 2019, €220K)

Bisnode collected publicly available named contacts and was fined for relying solely on a privacy policy page to satisfy GDPR Article 14. The decision established:

  • A privacy policy page is not sufficient notification.
  • Article 14 requires proactive notification within one month of collection when personal data is collected from a source other than the data subject.

Implications for DBPOC

  • We must notify each collected contact within one month — see Article 14.
  • Notification must fire at collection, not at export.
  • Opt-out and erasure requests must be honoured — see Opt-Out Hashes.
  • Every processing decision must be logged — see RoPA Log.

Warning

Current implementation fires Article 14 notifications at export time, not collection time. P0 in Known Issues.

See also

Article 14, Reklamspärr, RoPA Log, Opt-Out Hashes, Known Issues.

See also