GDPR Article 22 and Lei 58/2019, Automated Decisions in Portugal

Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art. 22; Lei n.o 58/2019, de 8 de agosto

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In force since 25 May 2018, effective 8 August 2019.

A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 24 August 2026.

What it requires

Honor a person's request to access, rectify, erase, restrict, port, or object to processing of their personal data in Portugal within one month of receipt.
Provide a meaningful human review before finalizing any decision based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects for a person in Portugal, under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 22.

What this law does

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Articles 12 to 23 apply, including Article 22 rights against a decision based solely on automated processing, restated by Lei 58/2019 without narrowing per its own summary.

One of the CNPD's disapplied provisions, Lei 58/2019 Article 20(1) (restricting access rights where a confidentiality or secrecy duty applies against the data subject), sits in this dimension: only one of the three secondary sources names Article 20(1) among the disapplied provisions, so that specific finding is not settled here, and the GDPR Article 12 to 23 baseline is recorded as controlling.

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Read the law

Official Journal text, EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2016/679
secondary commentary on Lei 58/2019 Article 20(1), corroborated by only one of three sources

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