# Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject 13(a) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-13).

## Provision text

### 13(a)

the identity and the contact details of the controller and, where applicable, of the controller's representative;


## Topics on this provision

- **Representatives** — https://overview.legal/topics/representatives
  Representatives of controllers not established in the EU
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Amsterdam Court of Appeal: Controller may reject watermarked ID copy for verification** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125642
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 10 February 2026.#WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board.#Appeal – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 63 – Consistency mechanism – Article 65 – Dispute resolution by the European Data Protection Board – Binding decision – Action for annulment – First paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Act open to challenge – Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Condition that the** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132126
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 December 2025.#X v Russmedia Digital SRL and Inform Media Press SRL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(7) – Concept of ‘controller’ – Responsibility of the operator of an online marketplace for the publication of personal data contained in advertisements placed on its online marketplace by user advertisers – Article 5(2) –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132130
- **CJEU C-473/12 IPI: Member States need not transpose all Directive 95/46 Article 13** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/158436
- **Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 7 December 2022.#WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board.#Action for annulment – Protection of personal data – Draft decision of the lead supervisory authority – Resolution of disputes between supervisory authorities by the European Data Protection Board – Binding decision – Article 60(4) and Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Act not open to challenge – Preparatory act – Lack of individual concern.#Ca** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132302
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 7 November 2013.#Institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) v Geoffrey Englebert and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 10 and 11 — Obligation to inform — Article 13(1)(d) and (g) — Exceptions — Scope of exceptions — Private detectives acting for the supervisory body of a regulated profession — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1).#Case C‑47** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132373
- **CJEU C-473/12 IPI: Member States need not transpose all Directive 95/46 Article 13** ¶29 (case-law, GDPRhub) — https://overview.legal/posts/158436
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 7 November 2013.#Institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) v Geoffrey Englebert and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 10 and 11 — Obligation to inform — Article 13(1)(d) and (g) — Exceptions — Scope of exceptions — Private detectives acting for the supervisory body of a regulated profession — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1).#Case C‑47** ¶32 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132373
- **CJEU C-473/12 IPI: Member States need not transpose all Directive 95/46 Article 13** ¶32 (case-law, GDPRhub) — https://overview.legal/posts/158436
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 7 November 2013.#Institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) v Geoffrey Englebert and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 10 and 11 — Obligation to inform — Article 13(1)(d) and (g) — Exceptions — Scope of exceptions — Private detectives acting for the supervisory body of a regulated profession — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1).#Case C‑47** ¶29 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132373
- **Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 7 December 2022.#WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board.#Action for annulment – Protection of personal data – Draft decision of the lead supervisory authority – Resolution of disputes between supervisory authorities by the European Data Protection Board – Binding decision – Article 60(4) and Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Act not open to challenge – Preparatory act – Lack of individual concern.#Ca** ¶56 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132302
- **Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 7 December 2022.#WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board.#Action for annulment – Protection of personal data – Draft decision of the lead supervisory authority – Resolution of disputes between supervisory authorities by the European Data Protection Board – Binding decision – Article 60(4) and Article 65(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Act not open to challenge – Preparatory act – Lack of individual concern.#Ca** ¶8 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132302

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