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controller

Defined in 6 EU acts of the All group: Law Enforcement Directive First Data Protection Directive Own wording Repealed GDPR Own wording EPPO Regulation Own wording EUDPR Own wording e-Evidence Regulation Reference

Law Enforcement Directive, Article 3(8) First adopted 2016-04-27

the competent authority which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law

Data Protection Directive, Article 2(d) Own wording Repealed adopted 1995-10-24

the competent natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union national or Member State law Community laws or regulations, the controller or the specific criteria for its his nomination may be provided for designated by Union national or Member State Community law

Compared with Law Enforcement Directive: struck words are only in Law Enforcement Directive, marked words only here.

GDPR, Article 4(7) Own wording adopted 2016-04-27

the competent natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law

Compared with Law Enforcement Directive: struck words are only in Law Enforcement Directive, marked words only here.

EPPO Regulation, Article 2(13) Own wording adopted 2017-10-12

the EPPO or another competent authority which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of a Member State law of the European Union, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union law or the law of a Member State law of the European Union

Compared with Law Enforcement Directive: struck words are only in Law Enforcement Directive, marked words only here.

EUDPR, Article 3(8) Own wording adopted 2018-10-23

the competent authority Union institution or body or the directorate-general or any other organisational entity which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by a specific Union or Member State law act, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may can be provided for by Union or Member State law

Compared with Law Enforcement Directive: struck words are only in Law Enforcement Directive, marked words only here.

e-Evidence Regulation, Article 3(19) Reference adopted 2023-07-12

Refers to GDPR, Article 4(7).

controller as defined in Article 4, point (7), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679

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