Amendment 78· Data Act Article 32f(4a) (new)
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Text of the amendment
As tabled
Wording it would add
(4a)Recognised data altruism organisations shall publish an annual transparency report describing the categories of data collected, the objectives of general interest pursued, the categories of data users receiving access, any third-country transfers or access, the safeguards applied, the number of withdrawals of consent or permission, information on sources of revenue of the recognised data altruism organisation, in particular all revenue from allowing access to the data, and on expenditure.
Data Act Article 32f with this amendment
Amendment 78 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
Unchanged: (1), (2), (3) and (4)
Recognised data altruism organisations shall inform data subjects or data holders prior to any processing of their data in a clear and easily comprehensible manner of the following:
the objectives of general interest and, if applicable, the specified, explicit and legitimate purpose for which personal data is to be processed, and for which it permits the processing of their data by a data user;
the location of the processing and the objectives of general interest for which it permits any processing carried out in a third country, where the processing is carried out by the recognised data altruism organisation.
Recognised data altruism organisations shall not use the data for other objectives than the objectives of general interest for which the data subject or data holder allows the processing. The recognised data altruism organisation shall not use misleading marketing practices to solicit the provision of data.
Recognised data altruism organisations shall provide electronic means for obtaining consent from data subjects or permissions to process data made available by data holders as well as for their withdrawal.
Recognised data altruism organisations shall, without delay, inform data holders in the event of any unauthorised transfer, access or use of the non-personal data that it has shared.
Recognised data altruism organisations shall publish an annual transparency report describing the categories of data collected, the objectives of general interest pursued, the categories of data users receiving access, any third-country transfers or access, the safeguards applied, the number of withdrawals of consent or permission, information on sources of revenue of the recognised data altruism organisation, in particular all revenue from allowing access to the data, and on expenditure.
+NewUnchanged: (5)
Where recognised data altruism organisations facilitate data processing by third parties, including by providing tools for obtaining consent from data subjects or permissions to process data made available by data holders, they shall, where relevant, specify the third-country in which the data use is intended to take place.
Justification
Text originating from art. 20(2)(e) DGA and addressing a concern raised by EDPB-EDPS Opinion, para. 141.
Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
No Council text amends Article 32f(4a) (new).
Cite this amendment
Amendment 78 (draft opinion by Alex Agius Saliba), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-PA-789877, PE789.877, 8 June 2026), p. 63
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 78 (draft opinion by Alex Agius Saliba), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-PA-789877, PE789.877, 8 June 2026), p. 63
IMCO Amendment 78 (IMCO-PA-789877), p. 63