Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data

THE RECITALS

Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 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 

• Article 5

Section I - Principles relating to Data Quality

• Article 6

Section II - Criteria for making Data Processing Legitimate

• Article 7

Section III - Special Categories of Processing

• 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

• 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

• Article 12 Right of Access

Section VI - Exemptions and Restrictions

• Article 13 Exemptions and Restrictions

Section VII - The Data Subject’s Right to Object

• Article 14 The data subject’s right to object

• Article 15 Automated individual decisions

Section VIII - Confidentiality and Security of Processing

• Article 16 Confidentiality of processing

• Article 17 Security of processing

Section IX - Notification

• Article 18 Obligation to notify the supervispory authority

• Article 19 Contents of notification

• Article 20 Prior checking

• Article 21 Publicizing of processing operations

Chapter III
JUDICIAL REMEDIES, LIABILITY AND SANCTIONS

• Article 22 Remedies

• Article 23 Liability

• Article 24 Sanctions

Chapter IV
TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES

• Article 25 Principles

• Article 26 Derogations

Chapter V
CODES OF CONDUCT

• Article 27

Chapter VI
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY AND WORKING PARTY ON THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

• Article 28 Supervisory authority

• Article 29 Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Persona l Data

• Article 30

Chapter VII
COMMUNITY IMPLEMENTING MEASURES

• Article 31 The Committee

FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 32

• Article 33

• Article 34
   

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