Part 2: General processing Chapter 3: Other general processing Section 25: Manual unstructured data used in longstanding historical research
This section provides that the listed GDPR provisions do not apply to manual unstructured data used in longstanding historical research. The provisions contained within Chapter II (principles) and Chapter III (rights of the data subject) of the GDPR do not apply when personal data was processed before 24 October 1998 or processed for the purposes of historical research, providing it is not carried out for the purposes of measures or decisions with respect to a particular data subject, or in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, substantial damage or distress to the subject. The limit of 24 October 1998 is consistent with the 1998 Act.
	This section also provides that exemptions in section 24 on manual unstructured data held by FOI public authorities also apply.