# Records of processing activities 30(1) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Records of processing activities** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-30).

## Provision text

### 30(1)

Each controller and, where applicable, the controller's representative, shall maintain a record of processing activities under its responsibility. That record shall contain all of the following information:

a) the name and contact details of the controller and, where applicable, the joint controller, the controller's representative and the data protection officer;
b) the purposes of the processing;
c) a description of the categories of data subjects and of the categories of personal data;
d) the categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed including recipients in third countries or international organisations;
e) where applicable, transfers of personal data to a third country or an international organisation, including the identification of that third country or international organisation and, in the case of transfers referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 49(1), the documentation of suitable safeguards;
f) where possible, the envisaged time limits for erasure of the different categories of data;
g) where possible, a general description of the technical and organisational security measures referred to in Article 32(1).

## Topics on this provision

- **Accountability** — https://overview.legal/topics/accountability
  Principle of demonstrating GDPR compliance
- **Representatives** — https://overview.legal/topics/representatives
  Representatives of controllers not established in the EU
- **Processing** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerking
  Any operation performed on personal data
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 November 2022.#WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2018/843 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Amendment to Article 30(5), first subparagraph, point (c), of Directive 2015/849 – Access for any member** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132303
- **VwGH - VwGH Ro 2025/04/0007-7** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184547
- **BVwG - W258 2227269-1/39E** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184564
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 November 2022.#WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2018/843 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Amendment to Article 30(5), first subparagraph, point (c), of Directive 2015/849 – Access for any member** ¶48 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132303
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 November 2022.#WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2018/843 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Amendment to Article 30(5), first subparagraph, point (c), of Directive 2015/849 – Access for any member** ¶6 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132303
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 November 2022.#WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2018/843 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Amendment to Article 30(5), first subparagraph, point (c), of Directive 2015/849 – Access for any member** ¶51 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132303
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 November 2022.#WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Directive (EU) 2018/843 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 – Amendment to Article 30(5), first subparagraph, point (c), of Directive 2015/849 – Access for any member** ¶36 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132303
- **BVwG - W258 2227269-1/39E** ¶3.5.1 (case-law, Federal Administrative Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/184564
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** ¶15 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Recommendations 1/2022 on the Application for Approval and on the elements and principles to be found in Controller Binding Corporate Rules (Art. 47 GDPR)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125849
- **EDPB Annual Report 2022** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125861

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