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Recipient

Statutory definitionGDPR

‘a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.’

— Article 4, point (9), GDPR

Definition from the GDPR. The EHDS Regulation adopts it through Article 2(1). See Article 2.

Where this term is used

GDPR, Articles:4, 13, 14, 15, 19, 30, 46, 49, 58, 83
GDPR, recitals:31, 61, 63, 99

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