Defined term
Remote data processing
The definition that pulls your backend into your product.
LAW Defined in Article 3 (Art. 3(2)). The verbatim definition is in the official text of Article 3; only the Official Journal is authentic.
sha256:27b7c6c64c773001… · CELEX 32024R2847Remote data processing means data processing at a distance for which the software is designed and developed by the manufacturer, or under the responsibility of the manufacturer, and without which the product could not perform one of its functions F-006. Meet both limbs — yours by design, needed for a function — and the processing is inside the product's scope F-107.
A cloud service that fails the test is not thereby unregulated: it may fall under NIS2 instead F-103.
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- F-006 Remote data processing means data processing at a distance for which the software is designed and developed by the manufacturer, or under the responsibility of the manufacturer, and the absence of which would prevent the product from performing one of its functions. Art. 3(2)
- F-107 Where a product depends on your own remote data processing (a backend or API without which it cannot perform one of its functions), that remote processing is part of the product: it is covered by the essential requirements, the technical documentation and market surveillance alongside the client software or device. Art. 3(1)–(2), Annex I, Annex VII
- F-103 Cloud services may fall under NIS2 (Directive (EU) 2022/2555) rather than the CRA. NIS2
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