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Personal data shall not be erased if: this would damage the interests of a data subject who requires protection. In such cases, the data shall be used only with the express and written consent of the data subject; their accuracy is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling Member States or Europol, where appropriate, to verify the accuracy of the data; they have to be maintained for purposes of proof or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or the data subject opposes their erasure and requests the restriction of their use instead.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.