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ACT-17(2)(b) Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Section 17(2)(b): Necessary research, archiving or statistical processing
Model development affecting individuals cannot casually use this exemption.
Regulated Actor: Research/archiving/statistics processor
Gazette Baseline: Lines 564–566
Statutory Trigger
Necessary research, archiving or statistical processing
Applies to: Research/archiving/statistics processor
Substantive Conditions
No principal-specific decision; prescribed standards (r16/Second Schedule).
Statutory Exceptions
Act-level exemption only if conditions met.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
(b) necessary for research, archiving or statistical purposes if the personal data
is not to be used to take any decision specific to a Data Principal and such processing
is carried on in accordance with such standards as may be prescribed.
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix grounded in this statutory provision.