Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation)(Text with EEA relevance) (c. 679)

CHAPTER II U.K. Principles

Article 10 U.K. Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences

[F1 1.] Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences or related security measures based on Article 6(1) shall be carried out only under the control of official authority or when the processing is authorised by [F2 domestic law] providing for appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects. Any comprehensive register of criminal convictions shall be kept only under the control of official authority.

[F3 2. In the 2018 Act—

(a) section 10 makes provision about when the requirement in paragraph 1 of this Article for authorisation by domestic law is met;

(b) section 11(2) makes provision about the meaning of “personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences or related security measures”.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 10 renumbered as Art 10(1) (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(2) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(3) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Art. 10(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(4) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)