Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 436· GDPR Article 22

Deletion

Tabled by
Sabine Verheyen (EPP)
Committee and document
IMCO·amendments 329–532 to the draft opinion (IMCO-AM-791061, PE791.061v01-00)·16 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 65–66·printed header: Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 / REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 / Article 22
Targets
Article 22 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Wording it would delete

Article 88b

Struck CommissionHighlighted amendment

Target

Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text

Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26

1.The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, unless such processing:

(a)is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller;

(b)is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or

(c)is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

2.In the cases referred to in points (a) and (c) of paragraph 1, the data controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

3.Decisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1), unless point (a) or (g) of Article 9(2) applies and suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests are in place.

Cite this amendment

Amendment 436 (Sabine Verheyen), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, amendments 329–532 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-AM-791061, PE791.061v01-00, 16 July 2026), pp. 65–66

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Reference

Amendment 436 (Sabine Verheyen), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, amendments 329–532 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-AM-791061, PE791.061v01-00, 16 July 2026), pp. 65–66

Short form

IMCO Amendment 436 (IMCO-AM-791061), p. 65

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