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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-679/article-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-679/article-80.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/679",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-679",
  "path": "article/80",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Representation of data subjects",
  "text": "1. The data subject shall have the right to mandate a body or other organisation which meets the conditions in section 187(3) and (4) of the 2018 Act to make a complaint under section 164A or 165 of the 2018 Act on his or her behalf, to exercise the rights referred to in Articles ... 78 and 79 on his or her behalf, and to exercise the right to receive compensation referred to in Article 82 on his or her behalf ... .\n2. The Secretary of State may provide that any body, organisation or association referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, independently of a data subject's mandate, has the right to make a complaint under section 164A or 165 of the 2018 Act and to exercise the rights referred to in Articles 78 and 79 if it considers that the rights of a data subject under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing.\n(3.) The Secretary of State may exercise the power under paragraph 2 of this Article only by making regulations under section 190 of the 2018 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 80(1) substituted (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. 59(2)(a) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 80(1) substituted (19.6.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1), Sch. 10 para. 7(2)(a); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 3(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 80(1) omitted (19.6.2026) by virtue of Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1), Sch. 10 para. 7(2)(b); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 3(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 80(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 59(2)(b) (with reg. 5, Sch. 1 para. 80); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 80(2) substituted (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. 59(3)(a) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 80(2) substituted (19.6.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1), Sch. 10 para. 7(3); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 3(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 80(3) 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. 59(4) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/679/article/80",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:51.683617+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}