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GDPR — Article 85

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Article 85 Processing and freedom of expression and information 1. Member States shall by law reconcile the right to the protection of personal data pursuant to this Regulation with the right to freedom of expression and information, including processing for journalistic purposes and the purposes of academic, artistic or literary expression. 2. For processing carried out for journalistic purposes or the purpose of academic artistic or literary expression, Member States shall provide for exemptions or derogations from Chapter II (principles), Chapter III (rights of the data subject), Chapter IV (controller and processor), Chapter V (transfer of personal data to third countries or international organisations), Chapter VI (independent supervisory authorities), Chapter VII (cooperation and consistency) and Chapter IX (specific data processing situations) if they are necessary to reconcile the right to the protection of personal data with the freedom of expression and information. 3. Each Member State shall notify to the Commission the provisions of its law which it has adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 and, without delay, any subsequent amendment law or amendment affecting them.

Who wrote about this article in the consultations

Filers who named this exact article number in their own text. It is their sentence, not our reading — and not a causal claim.

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WhoCountryWhat they wrote
FIBEP Event und Management GmbHATperative that MMOs receive definitive guidance to ensure that their media monitoring and evaluation activities are covered by the Article 85 GDPR exemption, in the same way as media companies. This clarification is key to preserve the integrity of media monito ↗
Hessischer LandtagDEewalt, also die Gerichte (Art. 23 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 55 Abs. 3 DSGVO), und andere Bereiche wie z.B. journalistische Tätigkeiten (Art. 85 DSGVO) oder die Datenverarbeitung durch Kirchen (Art. 91 DSGVO) Abweichungsmöglichkeiten und/oder Ausnahmeregelungen beste ↗
BVPA Bundesverband professioneller Bildanbieter e.V.DEn, diesem berech4gten Interesse zur Geltung zu verhelfen. Wünschenswert wäre auch diese Hilfstä4gkeit im Rahmen der Umsetzung des Art. 85 DSGVO z.B. von vorbeugenden Löschungsansprüchen gegen etwaige künRige berech4gte Berichterstaoung zu schützen. Der datensc ↗
Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union)BEry memorandum to the original Commission proposal states at page 16 (with reference to the original numbering of the provision): "Article 85 allows in the light of Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for the continuous application ↗
ELIXIR LuxembourgLUf academic expression” into “fins d'expression universitaire” in French or “wissenschaftliche Zwecke” in German. Correspondingly, Art. 85 has been transposed differently in the respective countries. More such deviations can be observed throughout the text. Som ↗
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and NumbersUSther fundamental rights and public interests, and the GDPR reflects this in various provisions (e.g. Art. 6 (1) (d), and (f), and Art. 85, 86 of the GDPR). However, there is no general “balancing clause” in the GDPR. There is insufficient guidance for data con ↗
DIGITALEUROPEBEing an opinion, when a competent SA fails to comply with the obligations under Arts 61 or 62. 11 Art. 8 GDPR 12 See, for example, Art. 85(2) GDPR 13 Art. 9 GDPR 14 Art. 64(2) GDPR 8 Differing interpretations Harmonisation of the GDPR across all Member States c ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 7 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

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