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Directive 95/46/EC - Data Protection Directive
Recitals
Chapter I General provisions (arts. 1-4)
Article 1 Object of the Directive
Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Scope
Article 4 National law applicable
Chapter II General rules on the lawfulness of the processing of personal data (arts. 5-21)
Article 5
Section I Principles relating to data quality (art. 6)
Article 6
Section II Criteria for making data processing legitimate (art. 7)
Article 7
Section III Special categories of processing (arts. 8-9)
Article 8 The processing of special categories of data
Article 9 Processing of personal data and freedom of expression
Section IV Information to be given to the data subject (arts. 10-11)
Article 10 Information in cases of collection of data from the data subject
Article 11 Information where the data have not been obtained from the data subject
Section V The data subject's right of access to data (art. 12)
Article 12 Right of access
Section VI Exemptions and restrictions (art. 13)
Article 13 Exemptions and restrictions
Section VII The data subject's right to object (arts. 14-15)
Article 14 The data subject's right to object
Article 15 Automated individual decisions
Section VIII Confidentiality and security of processing (arts. 16-17)
Article 16 Confidentiality of processing
Article 17 Security of processing
Section IX Notification (arts. 18-21)
Article 18 Obligation to notify the supervisory authority
Article 19 Contents of notification
Article 20 Prior checking
Article 21 Publicizing of processing operations
Chapter III Judicial remedies, liability and sanctions (arts. 22-24)
Article 22 Remedies
Article 23 Liability
Article 24 Sanctions
Chapter IV Transfer of Personal Data to third countries (arts. 25-26)
Article 25 Principles
Article 26 Derogations
Chapter V Codes of conduct (art. 27)
Article 27
Chapter VI Supervisory authority and working Party on the Protection of individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (arts. 28-30)
Article 28 Supervisory authority
Article 29 Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data
Article 30
Chapter VII Community implementing measures (arts. 31-34)
Article 31 The Committee
Final Provisions (arts. 32-34)
Article 32
Article 33
Article 34
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Directive 95/46/EC - Data Protection Directive
Chapter II General rules on the lawfulness of the processing of personal data (arts. 5-21)
Section V The data subject's right of access to data (art. 12)
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