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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) · Chapter IX · Specific processing situations

Art. 87 · Processing of the national identification number

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Member States may further determine the specific conditions for the processing of a national identification number or any other identifier of general application. In that case the national identification number or any other identifier of general application shall be used only under appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject pursuant to this Regulation.

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

Commentary

States may further regulate the processing of national identification numbers, in the Czech Republic birth numbers.