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This provision allows Member States to establish specific conditions for processing national identification numbers or other general-application identifiers. Where such rules are adopted, the use of these identifiers must include appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects, recognising the particular sensitivity and re-identification risks of universal identifiers.

Art. 87 GDPR

Processing of the national identification number

(1)Member States may further determine the specific conditions for the of a national identification number or any other identifier of general application. In that case the national identification number or any other identifier of general application shall be used only under appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject pursuant to this Regulation.
Source:
EUR-Lex CELEX 02016R0679-20160504
Citation:
OJ L 119, 04.05.2016, p. 1; corrected by OJ L 127, 23.05.2018, p. 2
As of:
2016-05-04
Retrieved:
2026-02-25