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description: Represents the legal basis for contacting a customer, such as billing or contract. This object is available in API version 45.0 and later.
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# DataUseLegalBasis

Represents the legal basis for contacting a customer, such as billing or contract. This object is available in API version 45.0 and later.

## Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

## Special Access Rules

This object is available if Data Protection and Privacy is enabled.

## Fields

| Field Name | Details |
| --- | --- |
| Description | 
Type

string

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description

Description of the data use legal basis.



 |
| LastReferencedDate | 

Type

dateTime

Properties

Filter, Nillable, Sort

Description

The timestamp for when the current user last viewed a record related to this record.



 |
| LastViewedDate | 

Type

dateTime

Properties

Filter, Nillable, Sort

Description

The timestamp for when the current user last viewed this record. If this value is null, it’s possible that this record was referenced (LastReferencedDate) and not viewed.



 |
| Name | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update

Description

Specifies a name for the legal basis. For example, “billing” or “contract”.



 |
| OwnerId | 

Type

reference

Properties

Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description

The ID of the owner of the account associated with this customer.

This is a polymorphic relationship field.

Relationship Name

Owner

Relationship Type

Lookup

Refers To

Group, User



 |
| Source | 

Type

string

Properties

Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description

Indicates the source of the legal basis. For example, the URL of a contract.



 |

## Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. Unless noted, they are available in the same API version as this object.

[DataUseLegalBasisChangeEvent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_change_event.htm "A ChangeEvent object is available for each object that supports Change Data Capture. You can subscribe to a stream of change events using Change Data Capture to receive data tied to record changes in Salesforce. Changes include record creation, updates to an existing record, deletion of a record, and undeletion of a record. A change event isn’t a Salesforce object—it doesn’t support CRUD operations or queries. It’s included in the object reference so you can discover which Salesforce objects support change events.") (API version 62.0)

Change events are available for the object.

[DataUseLegalBasisHistory](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_history.htm "StandardObjectNameHistory is the model for all history objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent the history of changes to the values in the fields of a standard object.")

History is available for tracked fields of the object.

[DataUseLegalBasisOwnerSharingRule](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_ownersharingrule.htm "StandardObjectNameOwnerSharingRule is the model for all owner sharing rule objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent a rule for sharing a standard object with users other than the owner.")

Sharing rules are available for the object.

[DataUseLegalBasisShare](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_share.htm "StandardObjectNameShare is the model for all share objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent a sharing entry on the standard object.")

Sharing is available for the object.