Article 2

No equivalent-1 Article 2 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4a. Articles [19, 20, 27, 30, 35 to 39] of this Regulation do not apply to small controllers."

Justification

RISK-BASED APPROACH #4: This package makes the GDPR’s risk-based approach practical by introducing objective categories for small, medium and large controllers. Small controllers with limited, non-core processing receive relief from selected administrative duties, while data-subject rights and enforcement remain intact. Very large controllers, gatekeepers and VLOPs/VLOSEs face stronger transparency, annual certification and closer supervision. Compliance effort is thus reduced where risks are low and increased where scale and systemic impact are greatest.

-1 a In Article 2, four new points are added to paragraph 2:

2. This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data: (a) in the course of an activity which falls outside the scope of Union law; (b) by the Member States when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of Chapter 2 of Title V of the TEU; (c) by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity; (d) by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security; (da) by natural or legal persons for non-professional or non-commercial purposes; (db) in the course of an activity that is likely to result in a low risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons; (dc) by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises; (dd) which is of a purely incidental or transitory nature and is carried out for a purpose unrelated to the data subject as an identified or identifiable natural person."

Justification

SCOPE EXCLUSION #1: This amendment offers an alternative to the proposed risk-based simplification package by excluding non-commercial, low-risk, SME and purely incidental processing from the GDPR’s full scope. It does not deregulate such processing: Member States must ensure protection through other suitable laws, including private-life, contract, consumer, labour, tort, unfair-competition and criminal law. This reduces disproportionate administrative burdens, supports data flows and focuses GDPR enforcement on processing that creates real risks for individuals.

-1 a Article 2 is replaced by the following:

"Material scope 1. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form part of a filing system or are intended to form part of a filing system. 2. This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data: (a)in the course of an activity which falls outside the scope of Union law; (b)by the Member States when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of Chapter 2 of Title V of the TEU; (c)by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity; (d)by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security. 3. For the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 applies. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and other Union legal acts applicable to such processing of personal data shall be adapted to the principles and rules of this Regulation in accordance with Article 98. 3a. This Regulation applies to the storing of information, or gaining of access to information already stored, in terminal equipment of users. 4. This Regulation shall be without prejudice to the application of Directive 2000/31/EC, in particular of the liability rules of intermediary service providers in Articles 12 to 15 of that Directive."

Justification

This change is proposed due to other amendments tabled moving e-privacy provisions under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

– In Article 2, a new paragraph is added after paragraph 4

Justification

SCOPE EXCLUSION #2: This amendment offers an alternative to the proposed risk-based simplification package by excluding non-commercial, low-risk, SME and purely incidental processing from the GDPR’s full scope. It does not deregulate such processing: Member States must ensure protection through other suitable laws, including private-life, contract, consumer, labour, tort, unfair-competition and criminal law. This reduces disproportionate administrative burdens, supports data flows and focuses GDPR enforcement on processing that creates real risks for individuals.