Article 69Independence

1. The Board shall act independently when performing its tasks or exercising its powers pursuant to Articles 70 and 71.

2. Without prejudice to requests by the Commission referred to in Article 70(1) and (2), the Board shall, in the performance of its tasks or the exercise of its powers, neither seek nor take instructions from anybody.

Corrigendum

This Article was corrected by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, p. 2, ELI), as incorporated in the consolidated text of 4 May 2016 (EUR-Lex).

https://gdpr.digiphile.law/article/article-69.html

Text as at 19 September 2026.

This is an unofficial convenience version of the EU GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). It is presented “as is” without guarantee of accuracy, completeness or reliability. See the source text for the official version. This site was last updated in September 2026.