Article 68U.K.Processing and protection of personal data
1.[F1The relevant authority may collect personal data, in relation to the constituent nation, for the purposes of checking, controlling, monitoring, evaluating and auditing direct payments or for the purpose of complying with requirements laid down in international agreements.] They shall not process this data in a way that is incompatible with those purposes.
2.Where personal data are processed for monitoring and evaluation purposes as referred to in [F2paragraph 1], they shall be made anonymous and processed in aggregated form only.
3.Personal data shall be processed in accordance with [F3Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act 2018]. In particular, such data shall not be stored in a form which permits identification of data subjects for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or for which they are further processed, taking into account [F4any statutory minimum retention periods].
4.[F5The relevant authority] shall inform the data subjects that their personal data may be processed by [F6UK bodies and bodies in the constituent nation] in accordance with paragraph 1, and that in this respect they enjoy the rights set out in [F7Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act 2018], respectively.
5.This Article shall be subject to Articles 111 to 114 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 68(1) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(a)
F2Words in Art. 68(2) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(b)
F3Words in Art. 68(3) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(c)(i)
F4Words in Art. 68(3) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(c)(ii)
F5Words in Art. 68(4) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(d)(i)
F6Words in Art. 68(4) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(d)(ii)
F7Words in Art. 68(4) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(d)(iii)