# Processor 28(g) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (28(g)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-28#par-3-pnt-g
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Part of **Processor** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-28).

## Provision text

### 28(g)

at the choice of the controller, deletes or returns all the personal data to the controller after the end of the provision of services relating to processing, and deletes existing copies unless Union or Member State law requires storage of the personal data;


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Guidelines 07/2020 on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38069
- **Opinion 7/2024 on the draft decision of the German North Rhine Westphalia Supervisory Authority regarding the EU Cloud Service Data Protection (Auditor) certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125759
- **Opinion 15/2023 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Brand Compliance certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125831
- **Opinion 18/2021 on the draft Standard Contractual Clauses submitted by the LT SA (Article 28(8) GDPR)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126032
- **Opinion 12/2024 on the draft decision of the French Supervisory Authority regarding the “Code of Conduct for Service Providers in Clinical Research” submitted by EUCROF** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125740
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2021 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126083
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2021 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries** §70 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/126083
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2021 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries** §60 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/126083

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