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title: Article 30 GDPR Exemptions - TrueVault
description: Article 30 says companies with less than 250 employees may be exempt from record keeping obligations under GDPR, but this is only if the data processing is occasional. Learn more about this exemption and if your company applies in our GDPR FAQs.
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# My company is less than 250 people, am I exempt from data processing record-keeping under Article 30?

The short answer is, probably not. The majority of companies, regardless of the size of their employee pool, collects and stores an immense amount of personal data on a regular basis. Unless the collection of personal data is merely occasional (a standard that is not defined under GDPR), which it likely is not, then your organization of 250 or less is expected to [record data processing activities](https://safe.truevault.com/learn/what-gdpr-says-about-record-keeping?hsLang=en)as if you were an enterprise of any other size. If you have more detailed questions about this topic, we suggest you send your query to an attorney. The full text of Article 30 is available [here](https://safe.truevault.com/learn/what-gdpr-says-about-record-keeping?hsLang=en). 

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