--- title: "Article 89 — Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0679-20160504" source_retrieved: 2026-09-28 shortTitle: "Article 89 — Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2016/679" instrument: gdpr celex: "32016R0679" regulation: GDPR regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2016/679" article: 89 status: in_force object_id: eu.gdpr.legal_text.article.89 text_version: "Consolidated version of 4 May 2016" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0679-20160504" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 4 May 2016 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0679-20160504)* 1. [Processing](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/gdpr/processing) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, shall be subject to appropriate safeguards, in accordance with this Regulation, for the rights and freedoms of the data subject. Those safeguards shall ensure that technical and organisational measures are in place in particular in order to ensure respect for the principle of data minimisation. Those measures may include [pseudonymisation](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/gdpr/pseudonymisation) provided that those purposes can be fulfilled in that manner. Where those purposes can be fulfilled by further processing which does not permit or no longer permits the identification of data subjects, those purposes shall be fulfilled in that manner. 2. Where [personal data](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/gdpr/personal-data) are processed for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, Union or Member State law may provide for derogations from the rights referred to in [Articles 15](15.md), [16](16.md), [18](18.md) and [21](21.md) subject to the conditions and safeguards referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in so far as such rights are likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the specific purposes, and such derogations are necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes. 3. Where personal data are processed for archiving purposes in the public interest, Union or Member State law may provide for derogations from the rights referred to in [Articles 15](15.md), [16](16.md), [18](18.md), [19](19.md), [20](20.md) and [21](21.md) subject to the conditions and safeguards referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in so far as such rights are likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the specific purposes, and such derogations are necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes. 4. Where processing referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 serves at the same time another purpose, the derogations shall apply only to processing for the purposes referred to in those paragraphs. *** [Chapter IX — Provisions relating to specific processing situations](../chapters/ix.md) · [← Article 88](88.md) · [Article 90 →](90.md)