# Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject 12(7) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (12(7)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-12#par-7
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Part of **Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-12).

## Provision text

### 12(7)

The information to be provided to data subjects pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 may be provided in combination with standardised icons in order to give in an easily visible, intelligible and clearly legible manner a meaningful overview of the intended processing. Where the icons are presented electronically they shall be machine-readable.


## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125922
- **Contribution of the EDPB to the evaluation of the GDPR under Article 97** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126182
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space** §27 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/125922
- **General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – Revolution Coming to European Data Protection Laws in 2018. What’s New for Ordinary Citizens?** (literature) — https://overview.legal/posts/132416

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