(1) La protection des personnes physiques à l’égard du traitement des données à caractère personnel est un droit fondamental.
L’article 8, paragraphe 1, de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (ci-après dénommée «Charte») et l’article 16, paragraphe 1, du traité sur le fonctionnement de l’Union européenne disposent que toute personne a droit à la protection des données à caractère personnel la concernant.
(1) The protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data is a fundamental right.
Article 8(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’) and Article 16(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provide that everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her.
Dernière version consolidée (Rectificatif, JO L 127 du 23.5.2018, p. 2 (2016/679)). EUR-Lex – 02016R0679-20160504 – FR
The latest consolidated version of the Regulation with corrections by Corrigendum, OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, p. 2 ((EU) 2016/679). Source: EUR-lex.
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2012)
Article 8
Protection of personal data
1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her.
2. Such data must be processed fairly for specified purposes and on the basis of the consent of the person concerned or some other legitimate basis laid down by law. Everyone has the right of access to data which has been collected concerning him or her, and the right to have it rectified.
3. Compliance with these rules shall be subject to control by an independent authority.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (2012)
Article 16
(ex Article 286 TEC)
1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning them.
2. The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall lay down the rules relating to the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, and by the Member States when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of Union law, and the rules relating to the free movement of such data. Compliance with these rules shall be subject to the control of independent authorities.
The rules adopted on the basis of this Article shall be without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Article 39 of the Treaty on European Union.
