# Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority 54(2) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-54).

## Provision text

### 54(2)

The member or members and the staff of each supervisory authority shall, in accordance with Union or Member State law, be subject to a duty of professional secrecy both during and after their term of office, with regard to any confidential information which has come to their knowledge in the course of the performance of their tasks or exercise of their powers. During their term of office, that duty of professional secrecy shall in particular apply to reporting by natural persons of infringements of this Regulation.


## Topics on this provision

- **Professional Secrecy** — https://overview.legal/topics/professional-secrecy
  Confidentiality obligations for data protection personnel
- **Supervisory Authorities** — https://overview.legal/topics/supervisory-authorities
  National data protection authorities and their powers
- **Supervision** — https://overview.legal/topics/toezicht
  Oversight and enforcement by supervisory authorities

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **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-EDPS Joint Opinion 5/2021 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126016
- **Contribution of the EDPB to the evaluation of the GDPR under Article 97** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126182
- **EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 5/2021 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act)** §64 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/126016

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