EU regulatory register · GDPR
Article 10Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences
CELEX 32016R0679 · Read on 2026-08-18 · Chapter II
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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 Union or Member State law providing for appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects.
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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 Union or Member State 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.
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- C-740/22Court of Justice of the European Union
Endemol Shine Finland Oy
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 2, 4, 6, 10 and 86 – Data held by a court relating to the criminal convictions of a natural person – Oral disclosure of such data to a commercial company on account of a competition organised by that company – Concept of ‘processing of personal data’ – National legislation governing access to those data – Reconciliation between the right of public access to official documents and the protection of personal data.
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Judgments applying this article
11 judgments in the register cite the article in their text. SE 1 · EU 8 · DE 2
- eu:c-439-19
- eu:c-769-22
- se:nja-2025-10
- eu:c-474-24
- eu:m-l-c-209-23
- eu:c-136-17-62017cj0136
- eu:c-312-24
- eu:c-740-22
- eu:c-199-24-62024cj0199
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