strictly necessary definition

strictly necessary exemption means that storage of (or access to) information should be essential, rather than reasonably necessary. It is also restricted to what is essential to provide the service requested by the user. It does not cover what might be essential for any other uses that you might wish to make of that data. It is therefore clear that the strictly necessary exemption has a narrow application.
strictly necessary means essential or required to be
strictly necessary in this context means that the processing has to relate to a pressing social need, and we can’t reasonably achieve it through less intrusive means. Conditions for sensitive processing under Part 3 include: