Term
Controller
Statutory definitionEHDSGDPR
‘the 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.’
Definition from the GDPR. The EHDS Regulation adopts it through Article 2(1). See Article 2.
Where this term is used
GDPR, Articles:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 65, 70, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 90
GDPR, recitals:10, 13, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99
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