# Scope 2(7) — AI Act — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (2(7)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-10-06. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-2#par-7
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Part of **Scope** (AI Act, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-2).

## Provision text

### 2(7)

Union law on the protection of personal data, privacy and the confidentiality of communications applies to personal data processed in connection with the rights and obligations laid down in this Regulation. This Regulation shall not affect Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or (EU) 2018/1725, or Directive 2002/58/EC or (EU) 2016/680, without prejudice to Article 10(5) and Article 59 of this Regulation.


## Topics on this provision

- **Telecommunications** — https://overview.legal/topics/telecommunications
  Processing by telecom providers and eprivacy
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Statement 3/2024 on data protection authorities’ role in the Artificial Intelligence Act framework** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125732
- **Statement 3/2024 on data protection authorities’ role in the Artificial Intelligence Act framework** §2 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/125732

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