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Article 91 – Existing data protection rules of churches and religious association

  1. Where in a Member State, churches and religious associations or communities apply, at the time of entry into force of this Regulation, comprehensive rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to processing, such rules may continue to apply, provided that they are brought into line with this Regulation.
  2. Churches and religious associations which apply comprehensive rules in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the supervision of an independent supervisory authority, which may be specific, provided that it fulfils the conditions laid down in Chapter VI of this Regulation.

This article of the General Data Protection Regulation is addressed in recital (165) of the GDPR.*

The reference between articles and recitals is based on the professional assessment of activeMind.legal.

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