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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 32024R1183 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
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The heading changed from 'Data processing and protection' to 'Pseudonyms in electronic transaction', and the former paragraph 1 on processing personal data under Directive 95/46/EC has been removed entirely.
The remaining text, formerly paragraph 2, now adds an exception for specific rules of Union or national law requiring users to identify themselves, alongside the existing exception for the legal effect given to pseudonyms under national law, and specifies that the pseudonyms in question are those chosen by the user.
Cited: Art. 5, v1 (external, EUR-Lex) · Art. 5, v2 (external, EUR-Lex)
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Article 5
Data processing and protection
1. Processing of personal data shall be carried out Pseudonyms in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC.
2. electronic transaction
Without prejudice to specific rules of Union or national law requiring users to identify themselves or to the legal effect given to pseudonyms under national law, the use of pseudonyms in electronic transactions that are chosen by the user shall not be prohibited.