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 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 …
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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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