Rättskällor med officiella primärkällor

Utskrivet ·

Skip to main content
Skip to the answer
ExploreWorldAIExploreWorldAI

Back to the act

EU regulatory register · GDPR

Article 18Right to restriction of processing

CELEX 32016R0679 · Read on 2026-08-18 · Chapter III

Official text

Read from the EU Publications Office for this CELEX number. The wording stands as published; nothing here is rewritten or summarised.

1. The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

(a)

the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

(b)

the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;

(c)

the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;

(d)

the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

2. Where processing has been restricted under paragraph 1, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with the data subject's consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

3. A data subject who has obtained restriction of processing pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be informed by the controller before the restriction of processing is lifted.

Open the article on EUR-Lex

Other articles in this chapter

Judgments of the Court of Justice

1 decisions

  • C-655/23Court of Justice of the European Union

    IP v Quirin Privatbank AG

    Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Rights of the data subject – Article 17 – Right to erasure of data – Article 18 – Right to restriction of processing – Article 79 – Right to an effective judicial remedy – Unlawful processing of personal data – Action seeking an order requiring the controller to refrain from any further unlawful processing in the future – Basis – Conditions – Article 82(1) – Right to compensation – Concept of ‘non-material damage’ – Assessment of the compensation – Possible consideration of the degree of fault on the part of the controller – Possible impact of the grant of a ‘prohibitory injunction’.

The text is quoted from the official source and is not legal advice. A national court reads the language version that binds in its jurisdiction.

Verifiable trust signals

  • Six fixed blocks, one source per line
  • No sentence written by a language model
  • Engine version and read date on every answer
  • No customer data, no documents, no advice
  • Model card and audit published under the EU AI Act

Model cardAudit