CHAPTER IIIINFORMATION, DATA PROTECTION AND RECORD-RETENTION

Article 15Data protection

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The processing of personal data under this Regulation is subject to F2the data protection legislation (within the meaning of section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018. F3...

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Personal data shall be processed by payment service providers on the basis of this Regulation only for the purposes of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and shall not be further processed in a way that is incompatible with those purposes. The processing of personal data on the basis of this Regulation for commercial purposes shall be prohibited.

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Payment service providers shall provide new clients with the information required pursuant to F4Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data before establishing a business relationship or carrying out an occasional transaction. That information shall, in particular, include a general notice concerning the legal obligations of payment service providers under this Regulation when processing personal data for the purposes of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing.

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Payment service providers shall ensure that the confidentiality of the data processed is respected.