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purpose limitation section initial draft (#366)
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* purpose limitation section initial draft

purpose specification principle
purpose limitation (no secondary use) principle

updated definition of secondary use

* don't nest anchor tags with definition inside a hyperlink
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must take extra technical and legal measures to ensure that this data can't be then used
for other purposes, like to grow the service.</span></p>

This is a special case of the more general principle that data should not be used for more
[=purposes=] than the data's subjects understood it was being collected for.
This is a special case of the <a href="#no-secondary-use">more general principle that data should not be used for more
purposes than those specified when the data was collected</a>.

Services sometimes use people's data in order to protect those or other people.
A service that does this should explain what data it's
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</aside>

## Purpose limitation

<div class="practice" data-audiences="websites user-agents">
<span class="practicelab" id="purpose-specification">
When accessing personal data or requesting permission, [=sites=] and other [=actors=] should specify the [=purpose=]
for which the data will be used.
</span>
</div>

<div class="practice" data-audiences="websites user-agents">
<span class="practicelab" id="no-secondary-use">
[=Actors=] should not use personal data for purposes other than those specified. (Other uses are often called
[=secondary uses=].)
</span>
</div>

Features that are designed-for-purpose facilitate these principles by providing functionality that is only or primarily
useful for a particular purpose. Designed-for-purpose features make it easier to explain the purpose to people, and may
also limit the feasible secondary uses of data.

[=Controlled de-identified data=] may be used for additional purposes in ways that are compatible with the specified
purpose.

## Transparency {#transparency}

<div class="practice" data-audiences="websites user-agents">
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<dd>The inference, evaluation, or prediction of an individual's attributes, interests, or
behaviours.</dd>

<dt>Secondary Use
<dt><dfn>Secondary Use</dfn>

<dd> Secondary use is the use of collected information about an individual without
the individual’s consent for a purpose different from that for which the
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