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Purpose limitation: Under GDPR, which principle most directly governs whether this new use is permitted?

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Reusing data collected for one purpose to train an AI model raises purpose limitation and its compatibility test.

The question

A retailer collected customer contact details to fulfill orders. It now wants to reuse that same personal data to train a marketing-propensity AI model. Under GDPR, which principle most directly governs whether this new use is permitted?

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  1. Storage limitation, requiring that personal data be kept no longer than strictly necessary for its stated purposes
    Plausible but wrong: storage limitation concerns retention duration, not repurposing already-held data.
  2. Data minimization, requiring that only personal data adequate and necessary for the purpose be processed
    Related, but minimization limits the volume of data, not whether a new purpose is compatible.
  3. Accuracy, requiring that personal data be kept correct and, where necessary, updated over its lifecycle
    A real principle, but accuracy addresses data correctness, not the legitimacy of a secondary purpose.
  4. Purpose limitation, requiring the new AI use to be compatible with the original order-fulfillment purpose ✓
    Correct: reusing data for a new purpose triggers the purpose-limitation compatibility question.
The trap
Reaching for data minimization whenever AI training uses personal data, instead of the purpose-compatibility issue.

How to remember it

Reusing data collected for one purpose to train an AI model raises purpose limitation and its compatibility test.

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