RCBE regime (annex to Law No. 89/2017) · Chapter VI · Data protection, retention of records and statistical data

Article 29 Data collected

Artigo 29.º · Dados recolhidos

Lei n.º 89/2017 and the annexed Regime Jurídico do RCBE · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. The personal data listed in Articles 9 and 10 relating to the natural persons referred to in Article 8 shall be subject to automated processing; those data are collected from the forms provided for in this Law.

1 - São objeto de tratamento automatizado os dados pessoais constantes dos artigos 9.º e 10.º referentes a pessoas singulares indicadas no artigo 8.º, os quais são recolhidos a partir dos formulários previstos na presente lei.

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2. The controller of personal data is exempt from the information obligations laid down in Article 13 of the GDPR, under Article 23(1)(e) of the GDPR, when data are collected through the forms provided for in this Law, since these are data which the law makes subject to mandatory registration.

2 - O responsável pelo tratamento de dados pessoais está dispensado do cumprimento das obrigações de informação estabelecidas no artigo 13.º do RGPD, ao abrigo da alínea e) do n.º 1 do artigo 23.º do RGPD, aquando da recolha de dados através dos formulários previstos na presente lei, por se tratar de dados que a lei sujeita a registo obrigatório.

What we checked in this article

The cross-references to Articles 8, 9 and 10 and the GDPR exemption (Article 13 disapplied under Article 23(1)(e)) are retained.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

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