Amendment 1579· GDPR Article 88c
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Any such processing shall be subject to appropriate organisational, technical measures and safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject, such as to ensure respect of data minimisation during the stage of selection of sources and the training and testing of AI an system or AI model, to protect against non-disclosure of residually retained data in the AI system or AI model to ensure enhanced transparency to data subjects and providing data subjects with an unconditional right to object to the processing of their personal data.2) Where the task or official authority of a public authority or body is laid down by Union or Member State law in accordance with Article 6(3), personal data may be further processed for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 on the basis of Article 6(1), point (e), where:
(a) the development or use of the AI system or AI model serves the performance of that task or the exercise of that official authority;
(b) the purpose pursued cannot be effectively achieved by processing non-personal or anonymised data; and
(c) the processing is necessary and proportionate to the public interest objective pursued. This paragraph shall not confer any new task or official authority on a public authority or body.
3) Controllers shall use non-personal or anonymised data where the purpose of the processing can reasonably and effectively be achieved by using such data.Where the use of personal data is necessary, controllers shall use pseudonymised data wherever the purpose can reasonably and effectively be achieved by using such data.
4) Processing pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be subject to appropriate technical and organisational measures and safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects. Those measures shall include, as appropriate:
(a) ensuring data minimisation during the selection of data sources and throughout the training, testing, validation, deployment and operation of the AI system or AI model;
(b) limiting the processing to data that are adequate, relevant and necessary for the intended purpose;
(c) applying state-of-the-art privacy-enhancing technologies, including pseudonymisation, where appropriate;
(d) testing, monitoring and mitigating the risks of memorisation, regurgitation, data leakage, inference and unauthorised disclosure;
(e) effectively preventing personal data retained or memorised in the AI system or AI model from being used to generate outputs which disclose or otherwise make those data available to persons not authorised to receive them;
(f) ensuring that personal data are included in an output only where such inclusion is necessary for the intended purpose, the recipient is authorised to receive the data and the disclosure has a legal basis under Article 6 and, where applicable, Article 9;
(g) providing appropriate transparency to data subjects; and
(h) facilitating the exercise of the rights of data subjects under this Regulation.
5) Where the controller cannot effectively prevent the unauthorised disclosure of personal data through the output of the AI system or AI model, the controller shall not deploy or operate that system or model in a manner that enables such disclosure.
6) The processing of special categories of personal data shall be permitted only where one of the conditions laid down in Article 9(2) is fulfilled. Where point (k) of Article 9(2) applies, the conditions and safeguards laid down in Article 9(5) shall apply.
7) Paragraphs 1 to 6 shall be without prejudice to the other provisions of this Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and other applicable Union or Member State law.
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GDPR Article 88c with this amendment
Amendment 1579 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
Where the processing of personal data is necessary for the interests of the controller in the context of the development and operation of an AI system as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 or an AI model, such processing may be pursued for legitimate interests within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, where appropriate, except where other Union or national laws explicitly require consent, and where such interests are overridden by the interests, or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. Any such processing shall be subject to appropriate organisational, technical measures and safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject, such as to ensure respect of data minimisation during the stage of selection of sources and the training and testing of AI an system or AI model, to protect against non-disclosure of residually retained data in the AI system or AI model to ensure enhanced transparency to data subjects and providing data subjects with an unconditional right to object to the processing of their personal data.2) Where the task or official authority of a public authority or body is laid down by Union or Member State law in accordance with Article 6(3), personal data may be further processed for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 on the basis of Article 6(1), point (e), where: (a) the development or use of the AI system or AI model serves the performance of that task or the exercise of that official authority; (b) the purpose pursued cannot be effectively achieved by processing non-personal or anonymised data; and (c) the processing is necessary and proportionate to the public interest objective pursued. This paragraph shall not confer any new task or official authority on a public authority or body. 3) Controllers shall use non-personal or anonymised data where the purpose of the processing can reasonably and effectively be achieved by using such data.Where the use of personal data is necessary, controllers shall use pseudonymised data wherever the purpose can reasonably and effectively be achieved by using such data. 4) Processing pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be subject to appropriate technical and organisational measures and safeguards for the rights and freedoms of data subjects. Those measures shall include, as appropriate: (a) ensuring data minimisation during the selection of data sources and throughout the training, testing, validation, deployment and operation of the AI system or AI model; (b) limiting the processing to data that are adequate, relevant and necessary for the intended purpose; (c) applying state-of-the-art privacy-enhancing technologies, including pseudonymisation, where appropriate; (d) testing, monitoring and mitigating the risks of memorisation, regurgitation, data leakage, inference and unauthorised disclosure; (e) effectively preventing personal data retained or memorised in the AI system or AI model from being used to generate outputs which disclose or otherwise make those data available to persons not authorised to receive them; (f) ensuring that personal data are included in an output only where such inclusion is necessary for the intended purpose, the recipient is authorised to receive the data and the disclosure has a legal basis under Article 6 and, where applicable, Article 9; (g) providing appropriate transparency to data subjects; and (h) facilitating the exercise of the rights of data subjects under this Regulation. 5) Where the controller cannot effectively prevent the unauthorised disclosure of personal data through the output of the AI system or AI model, the controller shall not deploy or operate that system or model in a manner that enables such disclosure. 6) The processing of special categories of personal data shall be permitted only where one of the conditions laid down in Article 9(2) is fulfilled. Where point (k) of Article 9(2) applies, the conditions and safeguards laid down in Article 9(5) shall apply. 7) Paragraphs 1 to 6 shall be without prejudice to the other provisions of this Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and other applicable Union or Member State law.
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Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837
Article 88c Processing in the context of the development and operation of AI Where the processing of personal data is necessary for the interests of the controller in the context of the development and operation of an AI system as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 or an AI model, such processing may be pursued for legitimate interests within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, where appropriate, except where other Union or national laws explicitly require consent, and where such interests are overridden by the interests, or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. Any such processing shall be subject to appropriate organisational, technical measures and safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject, such as to ensure respect of data minimisation during the stage of selection of sources and the training and testing of AI an system or AI model, to protect against non-disclosure of residually retained data in the AI system or AI model to ensure enhanced transparency to data subjects and providing data subjects with an unconditional right to object to the processing of their personal data.
The Council text of 3 September 2026 drops the Commission’s wording.
Cite this amendment
Amendment 1579 (Andrea Wechsler and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1565–1740 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791874, PE791.874v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 11–14
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 1579 (Andrea Wechsler and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1565–1740 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791874, PE791.874v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 11–14
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1579 (CJ72-AM-791874), p. 11