processing

GDPR, Article 4(2) First adopted 2016-04-27

any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction

Data Protection Directive, Article 2(b) Own wording Repealed adopted 1995-10-24

any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of upon personal data, whether or not by automated automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction blocking, erasure or destruction

Compared with GDPR: struck words are only in GDPR, marked words only here.

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

Same wording as GDPR.

any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction

Free Flow Regulation, Article 3(2) Own wording adopted 2018-11-14

any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data in electronic format, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction

Compared with GDPR: struck words are only in GDPR, marked words only here.

DGA, Article 2(12) Reference adopted 2022-05-30

Refers to GDPR, Article 4(2) and Free Flow Regulation, Article 3(2).

processing as defined in Article 4, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 with regard to personal data or Article 3, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 with regard to non-personal data

Data Act, Article 2(7) Own wording adopted 2023-12-13

any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise other means of making them available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction

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(2).

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