Requirement
Processing is lawful only if at least one of the six Article 6 bases applies: consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task or legitimate interests.
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Required element 1 — any one of
consentcontractlegal obligationlegitimate interestvital interestpublic taskcontractual
Required element 2 — any one of
basislawfulground
Supporting terms — specificity signals
article 6per purposedocumentedlialegitimate interests assessmentbalancing test
Contradiction markers
Finding any of these outranks coverage — a policy that admits the gap is worse than silence.
no lawful basis identified
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDPA 2023 | s.25 | Lawful basis for processing | lawful-basis consent |
| NDPA 2023 | s.31 | Processing the data of children and persons lacking capacity | consent lawful-basis |
| CCPA/CPRA | 1798.120 | Right to opt out of sale and sharing | consent |
| CCPA/CPRA | 1798.120(c)-(d) | Opt-in consent to sell or share minors' information | consent |
| CCPA/CPRA | 1798.121 | Right to limit use of sensitive personal information | consent |
| CCPA/CPRA | Regs 7025 | Honour opt-out preference signals (Global Privacy Control) | consent |
| CCPA/CPRA | Regs 7004 | Symmetric choices and no dark patterns | consent |
| SOC 2 | P1.1 | Notice and communication of privacy commitments | lawful-basis |