PECR – The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2426) – Regulation 29 – Legal requirements, law enforcement etc.

Regulations

Regulation 29Legal requirements, law enforcement etc.

(1) Nothing in these Regulations shall require a communications provider to do, or refrain from doing, anything (including the processing of data)—

(a)
if compliance with the requirement in question—
- (i)
  would be inconsistent with any requirement imposed by or under an enactment or by a court order; or
- (ii)
  would be likely to prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders; or
(b)
if exemption from the requirement in question—
- (i)
  is required for the purposes of, or in connection with, any legal proceedings (including prospective legal proceedings);
- (ii)
  is necessary for the purposes of obtaining legal advice; or
- (iii)
  is otherwise necessary for the purposes of establishing, exercising or defending legal rights.

https://pecr.digiphile.law/article/article-29.html

Text as at 19 September 2026.

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