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title: "EDPB Rec 02/2025: Recommendations 2/2025 on the legal basis for requiring the creation of user accounts on e-commerce websites"
canonical: "https://dposchool.com/gdpr/guidance/edpb-rec-02-2025"
source: "https://www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/recommendation/recommendations-22025-on-the-legal-basis-for-requiring-the-creation-of_en"
source_note: "Only the document as published by the EDPB is authoritative."
text_as_of: "2026-10-28"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-29"
language: "en"
publisher: "DPO School"
---

EDPB recommendations

# Recommendations 2/2025 on the legal basis for requiring the creation of user accounts on e-commerce websites

[Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **Reference:** EDPB Rec 02/2025
- **Issued by:** EDPB
- **Status:** Draft for consultation
- **First published:** 4 December 2025
- **Provisions:** [Article 5(1)(c)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/5#1-c), [Article 6(1)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/6#1)

"First published" is the date the first version was published for consultation (start of the EDPB feedback period), or the publication date where there was no consultation; the plenary adoption is usually a day or a few days earlier.

## Note (not the official text)

Consultation closed; final not yet published.

## Official source

- [EDPB Rec 02/2025 on the EDPB website](https://www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/recommendation/recommendations-22025-on-the-legal-basis-for-requiring-the-creation-of_en)

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the document as published by the EDPB is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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