Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 1160· GDPR Article 25(1) and (2)

Addition

Tabled by
Michael McNamara and 5 others (Renew)Michael McNamara, Irena Joveva, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Fabienne Keller, Christophe Grudler
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 1053–1260 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791073, PE791.073v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 89–90·printed header: Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 25 – paragraphs 1 and 2
Targets
Article 25(1) and (2) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Amending instruction

7a. In Article 25, paragraph 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

Paragraph 1 and 2 as they would read

1.Taking into account the state of the art, the cost of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons posed by the processing, the controller shall, both at the time of the determination of the means for processing and at the time of the processing itself, implement appropriate technical and organisational measures, such as pseudonymisation, which are designed to implement data-protection principles, such as data minimisation, in an effective manner and to integrate the necessary safeguards into the processing in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation and protect the rights of data subjects. In doing so, particular attention shall be paid to the protection of the rights of children.

2.The controller shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures for ensuring that, by default, only personal data which are necessary for each specific purpose of the processing are processed. That obligation applies to the amount of personal data collected, the extent of their processing, the period of their storage and their accessibility. In particular, such measures shall ensure that by default personal data are not made accessible without the individual’s intervention to an indefinite number of natural persons. The default settings shall take into account, in particular, the vulnerability of children.

GDPR Article 25 with this amendment

Amendment 1160 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

1.

Taking into account the state of the art, the cost of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons posed by the processing, the controller shall, both at the time of the determination of the means for processing and at the time of the processing itself, implement appropriate technical and organisational measures, such as pseudonymisation, which are designed to implement data-protection principles, such as data minimisation, in an effective manner and to integrate the necessary safeguards into the processing in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation and protect the rights of data subjects. In doing so, particular attention shall be paid to the protection of the rights of children.

Amended
2.

The controller shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures for ensuring that, by default, only personal data which are necessary for each specific purpose of the processing are processed. That obligation applies to the amount of personal data collected, the extent of their processing, the period of their storage and their accessibility. In particular, such measures shall ensure that by default personal data are not made accessible without the individual's intervention to an indefinite number of natural persons. The default settings shall take into account, in particular, the vulnerability of children.

Amended
Unchanged: (3)
3.

An approved certification mechanism pursuant to Article 42 may be used as an element to demonstrate compliance with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

Full text on the GDPR Article 25 page

Target

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

No Council text amends Article 25(1) and (2).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 1160 (Michael McNamara and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1053–1260 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791073, PE791.073v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 89–90

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 1160 (Michael McNamara and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1053–1260 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791073, PE791.073v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 89–90

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1160 (CJ72-AM-791073), p. 89

Entry in the source list