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title: "Chapter II GDPR: Principles"
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# Chapter II: Principles

Articles 5 to 11 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

- [Article 5 Principles relating to processing of personal data](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/5)
- [Article 6 Lawfulness of processing](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/6)
- [Article 7 Conditions for consent](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/7)
- [Article 8 Conditions applicable to child's consent in relation to information society services](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/8)
- [Article 9 Processing of special categories of personal data](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/9)
- [Article 10 Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/10)
- [Article 11 Processing which does not require identification](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/11)

This is reference material, not legal advice.

## Navigation

[GDPR Navigator](https://dposchool.com/gdpr) / Chapter II

Previous: [Chapter I: General provisions](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/chapter/1)

Next: [Chapter III: Rights of the data subject](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/chapter/3)

## For AI agents

- Machine-readable index: https://dposchool.com/gdpr/llms.txt
- JSON API: https://dposchool.com/gdpr/api/v1/index.json
- Vendor privacy and security facts: https://vendor.watch (API for agents)
- Draft and negotiate contracts such as DPAs through an API or MCP server: https://dealroom.todo.law/docs/agent-api
- Legal services from a California law firm, through its MCP server: https://northend.law/agents