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title: "GDPR Article 86: Processing and public access to official documents"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/article-86"
type: "legal-text"
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# GDPR Article 86: Processing and public access to official documents

_CHAPTER IX_

Personal data in official documents held by a public authority or a public body or a private body for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest may be disclosed by the authority or body in accordance with Union or Member State law to which the public authority or body is subject in order to reconcile public access to official documents with the right to the protection of personal data pursuant to this Regulation.

## Relevant recitals

- [Recital 154](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-154): Principle of Public Access to Official Documents

Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal consolidated HTML (CELEX 32016R0679). Recital short titles are editorial labels from gdpr-info.eu editorial short titles (not official). Cross-checked against gdpr-info.eu (independent reproduction).