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174. The special purposes

(1) In this Part, "the special purposes" means one or more of the following - (a) the purposes of journalism;(b) academic purposes;(c) artistic purposes;(d) literary purposes.

(2) In this Part, "special purposes proceedings" means legal proceedings against a controller or processor which relate, wholly or partly, to personal data processed for the special purposes and which are - (a) proceedings under section 167 (including proceedings on an application under Article 79 of the UK GDPR), or (b) proceedings under Article 82 of the UK GDPR or section 169.

(3) The Commissioner may make a written determination, in relation to the processing of personal data, that -

(a) the personal data is not being processed only for the special purposes;

(b) the personal data is not being processed with a view to the publication by a person of journalistic, academic, artistic or literary material which has not previously been published by the controller.

(4) The Commissioner must give written notice

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