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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - General provisions

Article 1 - Subject-matter and objectives
Article 2 - Material scope
Article 3 - Territorial scope
Article 4 - Definitions

Chapter 2 - Principles

Article 5 - Principles relating to processing of personal data
Article 6 - Lawfulness of processing
Article 7 - Conditions for consent
Article 8 - Conditions applicable to child’s consent in relation to information society services
Article 9 - Processing of special categories of personal data
Article 10 - Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences
Article 11 - Processing which does not require identification

Chapter 3 - Rights of the data subject

Section 1 - Transparency and modalities

Article 12 - Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject

Section 2 - Information and access to personal data

Article 13 - Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
Article 14 - Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject
Article 15 - Right of access by the data subject

Section 3 - Rectification and erasure

Article 16 - Right to rectification
Article 17 - Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
Article 18 - Right to restriction of processing
Article 19 - Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing
Article 20 - Right to data portability

Section 4 - Right to object and automated individual decision-making

Article 21 - Right to object
Article 22 - Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Section 5 - Restrictions

Article 23 - Restrictions

Chapter 4 - Controller and processor

Section 1 - General obligations

Article 24 - Responsibility of the controller
Article 25 - Data protection by design and by default
Article 26 - Joint controllers
Article 27 - Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union
Article 28 - Processor
Article 29 - Processing under the authority of the controller or processor
Article 30 - Records of processing activities
Article 31 - Cooperation with the supervisory authority

Section 2 - Security of personal data

Article 32 - Security of processing
Article 33 - Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority
Article 34 - Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject

Section 3 - Data protection impact assessment and prior consultation

Article 35 - Data protection impact assessment
Article 36 - Prior consultation

Section 4 - Data protection officer

Article 37 - Designation of the data protection officer
Article 38 - Position of the data protection officer
Article 39 - Tasks of the data protection officer

Section 5 - Codes of conduct and certification

Article 40 - Codes of conduct
Article 41 - Monitoring of approved codes of conduct
Article 42 - Certification
Article 43 - Certification bodies

Chapter 5 - Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations

Article 44 - General principle for transfers
Article 45 - Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision
Article 46 - Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards
Article 47 - Binding corporate rules
Article 48 - Transfers or disclosures not authorised by Union law
Article 49 - Derogations for specific situations
Article 50 - International cooperation for the protection of personal data

Chapter 6 - Independent supervisory authorities

Section 1 - Independent status

Article 51 - Supervisory authority
Article 52 - Independence
Article 53 - General conditions for the members of the supervisory authority
Article 54 - Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority

Section 2 - Competence, tasks and powers

Article 55 - Competence
Article 56 - Competence of the lead supervisory authority
Article 57 - Tasks
Article 58 - Powers
Article 59 - Activity reports

Chapter 7 - Cooperation and consistency

Section 1 - Cooperation

Article 60 - Cooperation between the lead supervisory authority and the other supervisory authorities concerned
Article 61 - Mutual assistance
Article 62 - Joint operations of supervisory authorities

Section 2 - Consistency

Article 63 - Consistency mechanism
Article 64 - Opinion of the Board
Article 65 - Dispute resolution by the Board
Article 66 - Urgency procedure
Article 67 - Exchange of information

Section 3 - European data protection board

Article 68 - European Data Protection Board
Article 69 - Independence
Article 70 - Tasks of the Board
Article 71 - Reports
Article 72 - Procedure
Article 73 - Chair
Article 74 - Tasks of the Chair
Article 75 - Secretariat
Article 76 - Confidentiality

Chapter 8 - Remedies, liability and penalties

Article 77 - Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Article 78 - Right to an effective judicial remedy against a supervisory authority
Article 79 - Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor
Article 80 - Representation of data subjects
Article 81 - Suspension of proceedings
Article 82 - Right to compensation and liability
Article 83 - General conditions for imposing administrative fines
Article 84 - Penalties

Chapter 9 - Provisions relating to specific processing situations

Article 85 - Processing and freedom of expression and information
Article 86 - Processing and public access to official documents
Article 87 - Processing of the national identification number
Article 88 - Processing in the context of employment
Article 89 - Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes
Article 90 - Obligations of secrecy
Article 91 - Existing data protection rules of churches and religious associations

Chapter 10 - Delegated acts and implementing acts

Article 92 - Exercise of the delegation
Article 93 - Committee procedure

Chapter 11 - Final provisions

Article 94 - Repeal of Directive 95/46/EC
Article 95 - Relationship with Directive 2002/58/EC
Article 96 - Relationship with previously concluded Agreements
Article 97 - Commission reports
Article 98 - Review of other Union legal acts on data protection
Article 99 - Entry into force and application