Source: OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, pp. 1–88 · Consolidated textCurrent language: SV
- General data protection
Basic legislative acts
- GDPR regulation
Artikel 90 Tystnadsplikt
Summary What does Article 90 of the GDPR regulation say?
This article addresses a specific tension within the regulation: what happens when a controller or processor is bound by professional secrecy obligations under national or Union law?
It gives Member States the flexibility to limit certain investigative powers of supervisory authorities — specifically the powers to access personal data and premises under Article 58(1) — where doing so is necessary and proportionate to reconcile data protection rights with secrecy obligations.
Crucially, any such national rules only apply to personal data obtained through activities that are themselves covered by the secrecy obligation.
Member States must also notify the Commission of any rules they adopt under this article.
Important points:
- Member States may adopt national rules that limit supervisory authority access powers where controllers or processors are bound by professional secrecy obligations.
- These limiting rules apply only to personal data received or obtained in the course of activities covered by the secrecy obligation — not to all data held by the controller or processor.
- Member States are required to notify the Commission of any rules adopted under this article by 25 May 2018, and of any subsequent amendments without delay.
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Medlemsstaterna får anta särskilda bestämmelser för att fastställa tillsynsmyndigheternas befogenheter enligt artikel 58.1 e och f gentemot personuppgiftsansvariga eller personuppgiftsbiträden som enligt unionsrätten eller medlemsstaternas nationella rätt eller bestämmelser som fastställts av behöriga nationella organ omfattas av tystnadsplikt eller andra motsvarande former av förbud mot att lämna ut uppgifter, om det är nödvändigt och står i proportion till vad som behövs för att förena rätten till skydd för personuppgifter och tystnadsplikten. Dessa bestämmelser ska endast tillämpas med avseende på personuppgifter som den personuppgiftsansvarige eller personuppgiftsbiträdet har erhållit i samband med en verksamhet som omfattas av denna tystnadsplikt.
Varje medlemsstat ska till kommissionen anmäla de bestämmelser den har antagit i enlighet med punkt 1 senast den 25 maj 2018, samt utan dröjsmål anmäla eventuella ändringar som berör dem.
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Definition
personuppgifter
(En. personal data)