Article 56 — Professional secrecy

Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 — data protection for EU institutions

In the actEU 2018/1725
CELEX32018R1725
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The European Data Protection Supervisor and his or her staff shall, both during and after their term of office, be subject to a duty of professional secrecy with regard to any confidential information which has come to their knowledge in the course of the performance of their official duties.

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