controller

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

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

Data Protection Directive, Article 2(d) Own wording Repealed adopted 1995-10-24

the 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 GDPR: struck words are only in GDPR, marked words only here.

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

the natural Union institution or legal person, public authority, agency body or the directorate-general or any other body 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 GDPR: struck words are only in GDPR, marked words only here.

EHDS, Article 2(1)(a) Reference adopted 2025-02-11

Refers to GDPR, Article 4(7).

laid down in Article 4, points (1), (2), (5), (7), (8), (10), (11), (13), (15) and (26), respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2016/679