Recital 168 – Implementing acts on standard contractual clauses
Recital 168Implementing acts on standard contractual clauses The examination procedure should be used for the adoption of implementing acts on standard contractual clauses between controllers and processors and between…
Read moreRecital 169 – Immediately applicable implementing acts
Recital 169Immediately applicable implementing acts The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where available evidence reveals that a third country, a territory or a specified sector within that…
Read moreRecital 170 – Principle of subsidiarity and principle of proportionality
Recital 170 Principle of subsidiarity and principle of proportionality Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to ensure an equivalent level of protection of natural persons and the free…
Read moreRecital 171 – Repeal of Directive 95/46/EC and transitional provisions
Recital 171 Repeal of Directive 95/46/EC and transitional provisions Directive 95/46/EC should be repealed by this Regulation. Processing already under way on the date of application of this Regulation…
Read moreRecital 172 – Consultation of the European Data Protection Supervisor
Recital 172 Consultation of the European Data Protection Supervisor The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and delivered an…
Read moreRecital 142 – The right of data subjects to mandate a not-for-profit body, organisation or association
Recital 142 The right of data subjects to mandate a not-for-profit body, organisation or association Where a data subject considers that his or her rights under this Regulation are…
Read moreRecital 143 – Judicial remedies
Recital 143 Judicial remedies Any natural or legal person has the right to bring an action for annulment of decisions of the Board before the Court of Justice under…
Read moreRecital 144 – Related proceedings
Recital 144 Related proceedings Where a court seized of proceedings against a decision by a supervisory authority has reason to believe that proceedings concerning the same processing, such as…
Read moreRecital 145 – Choice of venue
Recital 145Choice of venue For proceedings against a controller or processor, the plaintiff should have the choice to bring the action before the courts of the Member States where…
Read moreRecital 146 – Indemnity
Recital 146 Indemnity The controller or processor should compensate any damage which a person may suffer as a result of processing that infringes this Regulation. The controller or processor…
Read moreRecital 148 – Penalties
Recital 148 Penalties In order to strengthen the enforcement of the rules of this Regulation, penalties including administrative fines should be imposed for any infringement of this Regulation, in…
Read moreRecital 149 – Penalties for infringements of national rules
Recital 149 Penalties for infringements of national rules Member States should be able to lay down the rules on criminal penalties for infringements of this Regulation, including for infringements…
Read moreRecital 150 – Administrative fines
Recital 150 Administrative fines In order to strengthen and harmonise administrative penalties for infringements of this Regulation, each supervisory authority should have the power to impose administrative fines. This…
Read moreRecital 151 – Administrative fines in Denmark and Estonia
Recital 151 Administrative fines in Denmark and Estonia The legal systems of Denmark and Estonia do not allow for administrative fines as set out in this Regulation. The rules…
Read moreRecital 152 – Power of sanction of the Member States
Recital 152 Power of sanction of the Member States Where this Regulation does not harmonise administrative penalties or where necessary in other cases, for example in cases of serious…
Read moreRecital 153 – Processing of personal data solely for journalistic purposes or for the purposes of academic, artistic or literary expression
Recital 153 Processing of personal data solely for journalistic purposes or for the purposes of academic, artistic or literary expression Member States law should reconcile the rules governing freedom…
Read moreRecital 154 – Principle of public access to official documents
Recital 154 Principle of public access to official documents This Regulation allows the principle of public access to official documents to be taken into account when applying this Regulation….
Read moreRecital 155 – Processing in the employment context
Recital 155Processing in the employment context Member State law or collective agreements, including ‘works agreements’, may provide for specific rules on the processing of employees’ personal data in the…
Read moreRecital 156 – Processing for archiving, scientific or historical research or statistical purposes
Recital 156 Processing for archiving, scientific or historical research or statistical purposes The processing of personal data for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes…
Read moreRecital 157 – Information from registries and scientific research
Recital 157 Information from registries and scientific research By coupling information from registries, researchers can obtain new knowledge of great value with regard to widespread medical conditions such as…
Read moreRecital 158 – Processing for archiving purposes
Recital 158 Processing for archiving purposes Where personal data are processed for archiving purposes, this Regulation should also apply to that processing, bearing in mind that this Regulation should…
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