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11 J.L. & Biosciences 1 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/jlbsc11 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 1-30 https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaeOO1 OriginalArticle Purpose definition as a crucial step for determining the legal basis under the GDPR: implications for scientific research Regina Becker l*'t, Davit Chokoshvilil, Adrian Thorogood2, Edward S. Dove 3, Fruzsina MolnAr-GAbor4, Alexandra Ziaka5'6, Olga Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou7 and Giovanni ComandeO 1 Luxembourg National Data Service, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 2Terry Fox Research Institute, V5Z 1L3 Vancouver, Canada 3School ofLaw, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, Edinburgh, UK 4Faculty of Law, Heidelberg University, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany 5 Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology & Society (TILT), Tilburg University, Tilburg 5037 DB, Netherlands 6MPLegal, Athens 15231, Greece 7Legal Department, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy ofAthens, Athens 11527, Greece, 8 Sant'Anna School ofAdvanced Studies, 56127, Pisa, Italy *Corresponding author. E-mail: Regina.beckerca~lnds.lu ABSTRACT The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union, which became applicable in 2018, contains a new accountability principle. Under this principle, controllers (ie parties determining the purposes and the means of the processing of personal data) are responsible for ensuring and demonstrating the overall compliance with the GDPR. However, interpretive uncertainties of the GDPR mean that controllers must exercise considerable judgement in designing and implementing an appropriate compliance strategy, making GDPR compliance both complex and resource-intensive. In this article, we provide conceptual clarity around GDPR compliance with respect to one core aspect of the law: the t Regina Becker, PhD, is ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Impacts) Fellow at the Luxembourg National Data Service. Dr Becker's work is centered on ethical and legal aspects of the governance, sharing and (re)use of personal data, with a particular focus on the reuse of biomedical personal data for research purposes. © TheAuthor(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalfofDuke University School ofLaw, Harvard Law School, Oxford University Press, and Stanford Law School. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms ofthe Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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