Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 1397· GDPR Article 88a(3)(ca) (new)

Addition

Tabled by
Aura Salla and 8 others (EPP)Aura Salla, Niels Flemming Hansen, Ana Miguel Pedro, Paulo Cunha, Angelika Niebler, Adina Vălean, Oliver Schenk, Pekka Toveri, Christian Ehler
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791873, PE791.873v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, p. 89·printed header: Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 88a – paragraph 3 – point ca (new)
Targets
Article 88a(3)(ca) (new) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Amending instruction

(ca) In Article 83, paragraph 3, the following point ca is inserted:

Point (ca) it would add

performing audience measurement in compliance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083.

GDPR Article 88a with this amendment

Amendment 1397 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

Unchanged: (1) and (2)
1.

Storing of personal data, or gaining of access to personal data already stored, in the terminal equipment of a natural person is only allowed when that person has given his or her consent, in accordance with this Regulation.

2.

Paragraph 1 does not preclude storing of personal data, or gaining of access to personal data already stored, in the terminal equipment of a natural person, based on Union or Member State law within the meaning of, and subject to the conditions of Article 6, to safeguard the objectives referred to in Article 23(1).

3.

Storing of personal data, or gaining of access to personal data already stored, in the terminal equipment of a natural person without consent, and subsequent processing, shall be lawful to the extent it is necessary for any of the following:

Amended
Unchanged: (a), (b) and (c)
(a)

carrying out the transmission of an electronic communication over an electronic communications network;

(b)

providing a service explicitly requested by the data subject;

(c)

creating aggregated information about the usage of an online service to measure the audience of such a service, where it is carried out by the controller of that online service solely for its own use;

(ca)

performing audience measurement in compliance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083.

New
Unchanged: (d), (4) and (5)
(d)

maintaining or restoring the security of a service provided by the controller and requested by the data subject or the terminal equipment used for the provision of such service.

4.

Where storing of personal data, or gaining of access to personal data already stored, in the terminal equipment of a natural person is based on consent, the following shall apply:

(a)

the data subject shall be able to refuse requests for consent in an easy and intelligible manner with a single-click button or equivalent means;

(b)

if the data subject gives consent, the controller shall not make a new request for consent for the same purpose for the period during which the controller can lawfully rely on the consent of the data subject;

(c)

if the data subject declines a request for consent, the controller shall not make a new request for consent for the same purpose for a period of at least six months. This paragraph also applies to the subsequent processing of personal data based on consent.

5.

This Article shall apply from [OP: please insert the date = 6 months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation]

Full text on the GDPR Article 88a page

Target

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

No Council text amends Article 88a(3)(ca) (new).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 1397 (Aura Salla and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791873, PE791.873v01-00, 27 July 2026), p. 89

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 1397 (Aura Salla and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791873, PE791.873v01-00, 27 July 2026), p. 89

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1397 (CJ72-AM-791873), p. 89

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