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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) · Chapter IV · Controller and processor

Art. 29 · Processing under the authority of the controller or processor

Text

The processor and any person acting under the authority of the controller or of the processor, who has access to personal data, shall not process those data except on instructions from the controller, unless required to do so by Union or Member State law.

Text: EUR-Lex, CELEX 32016R0679 (consolidated text with corrigenda).

Commentary

Anyone with access to the data processes it only on the controller's instructions.