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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 as it forms part of UK law (UK GDPR) – Article 86A – Processing and national security and defence

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Article 86A[F1Processing and national security and defence

Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the 2018 Act makes provision about the application of this Regulation where processing is carried out, or exemption from a provision of this Regulation is required, for the purposes of safeguarding national security or for defence purposes.]

Amended text

This Article is shown as amended by S.I. 2019/419 (see the annotations below), as incorporated in the text in force on 5 November 2026 as published on legislation.gov.uk.

Annotations and footnotes

Textual Amendments

  1. F1 Art. 86A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 66 (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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Text as at 5 November 2026.

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