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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation)(Text with EEA relevance)
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1.[F1The Commissioner has] all of the following investigative powers:
(a)to order the controller and the processor, and, where applicable, the controller's or the processor's representative to provide any information it requires for the performance of its tasks;
(b)to carry out investigations in the form of data protection audits;
(c)to carry out a review on certifications issued pursuant to Article 42(7);
(d)to notify the controller or the processor of an alleged infringement of this Regulation;
(e)to obtain, from the controller and the processor, access to all personal data and to all information necessary for the performance of [F2the Commissioner's] tasks;
(f)to obtain access to any premises of the controller and the processor, including to any data processing equipment and means, in accordance with [F3domestic law].
2.[F4The Commissioner has] all of the following corrective powers:
(a)to issue warnings to a controller or processor that intended processing operations are likely to infringe provisions of this Regulation;
(b)to issue reprimands to a controller or a processor where processing operations have infringed provisions of this Regulation;
(c)to order the controller or the processor to comply with the data subject's requests to exercise his or her rights pursuant to this Regulation;
(d)to order the controller or processor to bring processing operations into compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, where appropriate, in a specified manner and within a specified period;
(e)to order the controller to communicate a personal data breach to the data subject;
(f)to impose a temporary or definitive limitation including a ban on processing;
(g)to order the rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing pursuant to Articles 16, 17 and 18 and the notification of such actions to recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed pursuant to Article 17(2) and Article 19;
(h)to withdraw a certification or to order the certification body to withdraw a certification issued pursuant to Articles 42 and 43, or to order the certification body not to issue certification if the requirements for the certification are not or are no longer met;
(i)to impose an administrative fine pursuant to Article 83, in addition to, or instead of measures referred to in this paragraph, depending on the circumstances of each individual case;
(j)to order the suspension of data flows to a recipient in a third country or to an international organisation.
3.[F5The Commissioner has] all of the following authorisation and advisory powers:
(a)to advise the controller in accordance with the prior consultation procedure referred to in Article 36;
(b)to issue, on [F6the Commissioner's] own initiative or on request, opinions to [F7Parliament, the government or] other institutions and bodies as well as to the public on any issue related to the protection of personal data;
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(d)to issue an opinion and approve draft codes of conduct pursuant to Article 40(5);
(e)to accredit certification bodies pursuant to Article 43;
(f)to issue certifications and approve criteria of certification in accordance with Article 42(5);
(g)to adopt standard data protection clauses referred to in Article 28(8) and in point (d) of Article 46(2);
(h)to authorise contractual clauses referred to in point (a) of Article 46(3);
(i)to authorise administrative arrangements referred to in point (b) of Article 46(3);
(j)to approve binding corporate rules pursuant to Article 47.
[F93A.In the 2018 Act, section 115(4) to (9) provide that the Commissioner's functions under this Article are subject to certain safeguards.]
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 58(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(2)(a) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 58(1)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(2)(b) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 58(1)(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(2)(c) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 58(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(3) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 58(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(4)(a) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 58(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(4)(b)(i) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 58(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(4)(b)(ii) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Art. 58(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(4)(c) (with reg. 5, Sch. 1 para. 80); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Art. 58(3A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(5) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Art. 58(4)(5)(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(6) (with reg. 5, Sch. 1 para. 80); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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