# Security of processing 32(a) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (32(a)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-32#par-1-pnt-a
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Part of **Security of processing** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-32).

## Provision text

### 32(a)

the pseudonymisation and encryption of personal data;


## Topics on this provision

- **Encryption** — https://overview.legal/topics/encryption
  Encryption and cryptographic measures
- **Security** — https://overview.legal/topics/beveiliging
  Technical and organizational measures to protect personal data
- **Anonymization** — https://overview.legal/topics/anonimisering
  Irreversible removal of identifying information from data
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(1) – Conditions for lawful processing – Article 9(1) to (3) – Processing of special categories of data – Data concerning heal** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132276
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(1) – Conditions for lawful processing – Article 9(1) to (3) – Processing of special categories of data – Data concerning heal** ¶70 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132276
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(1) – Conditions for lawful processing – Article 9(1) to (3) – Processing of special categories of data – Data concerning heal** ¶69 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132276
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(1) – Conditions for lawful processing – Article 9(1) to (3) – Processing of special categories of data – Data concerning heal** ¶68 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132276
- **EDPB Annual Report 2021** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125941

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