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

Art. 86 · Processing and public access to official documents

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Personal data in official documents held by a public authority or a public body or a private body for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest may be disclosed by the authority or body in accordance with Union or Member State law to which the public authority or body is subject in order to reconcile public access to official documents with the right to the protection of personal data pursuant to this Regulation.

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

Commentary

Personal data in official documents may be disclosed under the rules on access to information; reconciliation with freedom of access to information.

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