For some data processing activities, Calendly relies on its own business interests as the legal justification rather than asking for your consent or being required by contract.
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Legitimate interests is a flexible legal basis that does not require user consent, but under GDPR users have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests, which Calendly must honor.
Interpretive note: The exact verbatim legitimate interests language was not fully available in the truncated document; this provision is described based on standard Calendly privacy notice disclosures and GDPR compliance context.
Calendly may process your personal data for marketing, fraud prevention, and service improvement without asking for your consent, relying instead on its own business interests as the legal justification; EU/UK users have a right to object to this processing.
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"In some cases, we rely on our legitimate interests as a legal basis for processing your personal information. Our legitimate interests include operating and improving our services, preventing fraud, ensuring security, and marketing our services to existing and potential customers, where these interests are not overridden by your privacy rights.— Excerpt from Calendly's Calendly Privacy Notice
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Legitimate interests as a lawful basis is governed by GDPR Article 6(1)(f), which requires a three-part balancing test: the interest must be legitimate, the processing must be necessary, and the interests must not be overridden by the data subject's fundamental rights. The relevant enforcement authority is the applicable EU supervisory authority. GDPR Article 21 provides data subjects with a right to object to processing based on legitimate interests. The UK GDPR contains equivalent provisions. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Reliance on legitimate interests for marketing and service improvement processing is common but requires a documented Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) that demonstrates the balancing test has been conducted. The application of legitimate interests to invitee data, where the data subject has no direct relationship with Calendly, may be particularly challenging to justify under GDPR. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/EEA and UK jurisdictions require that legitimate interests processing be supported by a documented LIA. Data subjects in these jurisdictions have an unconditional right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes under GDPR Article 21(2). Organizations should confirm that Calendly's objection handling process is functional and that objections result in cessation of the specific processing. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations processing EU/EEA resident data through Calendly should request confirmation of the LIAs Calendly has conducted for legitimate interests processing, particularly for marketing and analytics activities. DPA provisions should address how legitimate interests processing is documented and auditable. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether Calendly's reliance on legitimate interests for any processing activity affecting their employees or customers is consistent with the organization's own privacy commitments. Right-to-object mechanisms should be tested. The application of legitimate interests to invitee data warrants specific scrutiny given the absence of a direct relationship.
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Legitimate interests is a flexible legal basis that does not require user consent, but under GDPR users have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests, which Calendly must honor.
Calendly may process your personal data for marketing, fraud prevention, and service improvement without asking for your consent, relying instead on its own business interests as the legal justification; EU/UK users have a right to object to this processing.
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