I believe this is the relevant text, from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679 : > Member States law should re

I believe this is the relevant text, from https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679 : > Member States law should reconcile the rules governing freedom of expression and information, including journalistic, academic, artistic and or literary expression with the right to the protection of personal data pursuant to this Regulation. The processing of personal data solely for journalistic purposes, ... should be subject to derogations or exemptions from certain provisions of this Regulation if necessary to reconcile the right to the protection of personal data with the right to freedom of expression and information, as enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter. .. In order to take account of the importance of the right to freedom of expression in every democratic society, it is necessary to interpret notions relating to that freedom, such as journalism, broadly.