Member States shall provide that each automated transmission and reception of personal data, in particular by direct automated access, is logged in order to ensure the subsequent verification of the reasons for the transmission, the transmitted data, the time of transmission, the authorities involved and, as far as the receiving authority is concerned, the persons who have received the data and who have given rise to their reception.
Dalībvalstis nosaka, ka personas datu katru automatizētu nosūtīšanu vai saņemšanu, jo īpaši, izmantojot tiešu automatizētu piekļuvi, reģistrē, lai nodrošinātu nosūtīšanas iemeslu, nosūtīto datu, nosūtīšanas laika, iesaistīto iestāžu un, ciktāl tas attiecas uz saņēmēju, personu, kuras saņēmušas šos datus, un personu, kuras ierosinājušas to saņemšanu, turpmāku noskaidrošanu.