Data Protection Ordinance (DPO)
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Art. 45 Repeal and amendment of other legislation
The repeal and the amendment of other legislation are regulated in Annex 2.
Art. 46 Transitional provisions
1 In the case of automated processing of personal data that was planned or started before the amendment of 29 October 2025 came into force, the assessment of the need for logging under Article 4 paragraph 2 must be carried out by 31 December 2026. If logging proves to be necessary, it must be implemented by 31 December 2029. The foregoing does not apply to the automated processing of sensitive personal data, profiling and automated data processing that falls within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/680. 2 Article 8 paragraph 5 does not apply to assessments carried out before this Ordinance comes into force. 3 Article 31 does not apply to planned automated processing activities in respect of which the decision to develop or approve the project has already been taken when this Ordinance comes into force.
Para. 1 — Directive (EU) 2016/680 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 by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA, last amended by OJ L 119 of 4.5.2016, p. 89. Para. 1 — Amended
Art. 47 Commencement
This Ordinance comes into force on 1 September 2023.