The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Chapter 3 (rights of the data subject)

11.—(1) Article 12 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 4, for “a supervisory authority” substitute “the Commissioner”.

(3) After paragraph 6 insert—

“6A.   The Commissioner may publish (and amend or withdraw)—

(a) standardised icons for use in combination with information provided to data subjects under Articles 13 and 14;

(b) a notice stating that other persons may publish (and amend or withdraw) such icons, provided that the icons satisfy requirements specified in the notice as to the information to be presented by the icons and the procedures for providing the icons.

6B.   The Commissioner must not publish icons or a notice under paragraph 6A unless satisfied (as appropriate) that the icons give a meaningful overview of the intended processing in an easily visible, intelligible and clearly legible manner or that the notice will result in icons that do so.”.

(4) In paragraph 7—

(a) for “The information” substitute “If standardised icons are published as described in paragraph 6A (and not withdrawn), the information”;

(b) for “standardised” to “processing” substitute “the icons”.

(5) Omit paragraph 8.