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  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "annex/2/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Protection of vital interests of data subjects and others",
  "text": "This condition is met where the processing is necessary for the purposes of protecting the vital interests of the data subject or another individual.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex 2 inserted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1), Sch. 5; S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(z7)"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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