Amendment 1032· GDPR Article 9(2)(l)
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(l) processing of biometric data is necessary for the purpose of confirming the identity of a data subject (verification), where the biometric data or the means needed for the ‘one-to-one’ verification is under the sole control of the data subject, subject to appropriate safeguards to protect the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject, and provided that the processing is in accordance with this Regulation and does not constitute a new derogation from the prohibition provided for in Article 9(1).’
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Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837
(l) processing of biometric data is necessary for the purpose of confirming the identity of a data subject (verification), where the biometric data or the means needed for the verification is under the sole control of the data subject.
Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26
(l)processing of biometric data is necessary for the purpose of confirming the identity of a data subject (verification), where the biometric data or the means needed for the one-to-one verification is under the sole control of the data subject and, where applicable, subject to appropriate safeguards to protect the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject as laid down in Union law or Member State law, in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article.’
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Amendment 1032 (João Oliveira), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 777–1052 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791072, PE791.072v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 160–161
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Amendment 1032 (João Oliveira), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 777–1052 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791072, PE791.072v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 160–161
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1032 (CJ72-AM-791072), p. 160