84However, it follows from the wording of Article 6 of Directive 2016/680 that the obligation which that provision imposes on the Member States is not absolute. First, the phrase ‘where applicable and as far as possible’, which it contains, indicates that it is for the controller to determine, in each individual case, whether a clear distinction between the personal data of the different categories of data subjects may be made. Second, the words ‘such as’ which that article contains indicates that the categories of persons listed there are not exhaustive.
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