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(2) The controller shall implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to
ensure that, by default, only personal data which are necessary for each specific purpose of
the processing are processed. That applies to the amount of data collected, the extent of
their processing, the period of their storage and their accessibility. In particular, the
measures must ensure that by default the data are not made accessible by automated
means to an indefinite number of persons.
Section 72
Distinction between different categories of data subjects
When processing personal data, the controller shall, as far as possible, make a clear
distinction between different categories of data subjects. This applies in part icular to the
following categories:
1.
persons with regard to whom there are serious grounds for believing that they
have committed a criminal offence;
2.
persons with regard to whom there are serious grounds for believing that they
are about to commit a criminal offence;
3.
persons convicted of a criminal offence;
4.
victims of a criminal offence or persons with regard to whom certain facts
indicate that they could be the victim of a criminal offence; and
5.
other persons, such as witnesses, persons who can provide information, or
contacts or associates of the persons referred to in nos. 1 to 4.
Section 73
Distinction between facts and personal assessments
In processing, the controller shall distinguish, as far as possible, personal data based on
facts from personal data based on personal assessments. To this end, the controller shall
identify evaluations based on personal assessments as such, as far as possible and
reasonable in the context of the processing in question. It must also be possible to determine
which body keeps the records on which an evaluation based on a personal assessment is
based.
Section 74
Procedures for data transfers
(1) The controller shall take appropriate measures to ensure that personal data which are
inaccurate or no longer up to date are not transmitted or otherwise made available. To that
end, the controller shall, as far as possible with reasonable effort, verify the quality of the
data before they are transmitted or made available. The controller shall also, as far as
possible and reasonable, in all transmissions of personal data include the necessary
information to enable the recipient to assess the degree of accuracy, completeness and
reliability of the data, and the extent to which they are up to date.
(2) If the processing of personal data is subject to special conditions, in transmissions of data
the transmitting body shall inform the recipient of these conditions and the requirement to
respect them. The obligation of providing information may be met by marking the data
accordingly.
(3) The transmitting body shall not apply conditions to recipients in other Member States of
the European Union or to agencies, offices and bodies established pursuant to Chapters 4
and 5 of Title V of the Third Part of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
other than those applicable to similar domestic transmissions.
Section 75
Rectification and erasure of personal data and restriction of processing
(1) The controller shall rectify inaccurate personal data.
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