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Directive (EU) 2016/680 Article 19

Obligations of the controller

Article 19

1.   Member States shall provide for the controller, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure and to be able to demonstrate that processing is performed in accordance with this Directive. Those measures shall be reviewed and updated where necessary. 2.   Where proportionate in relation to the processing activities, the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the implementation of appropriate data protection policies by the controller.

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CitationArticle 19 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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