General Data Protection Regulation
GDPR
Organizations collect data from their users in order to gain insight into the mindsets of their users. At times, organizations collect more information than necessary and utilize the collected information in an unscrupulous manner. Moreover, some organizations end up losing the collected information due to negligence. EU lawmakers are trying to curb such behavior by requiring organizations to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. Companies that collect data from EU citizens must comply with the GDPR by May 25, 2018. There are enormous consequences for not complying with the GDPR such as fines up to 20MM Euros or 4% of annual revenue whichever is higher. Here you can find the official PDF of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation). All Articles of the GDPR are linked with suitable recitals.
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| Chapter 1 | – | 1 2 3 4 |
| Chapter 2 | – | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Chapter 3 | – | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| Chapter 4 | – | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 |
| Chapter 5 | – | 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 |
| Chapter 6 | – | 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| Chapter 7 | – | 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 |
| Chapter 8 | – | 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 |
| Chapter 9 | – | 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 |
| Chapter 10 | – | 92 93 |
| Chapter 11 | – | 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
Chapter 1 – General provisions
| Article 1 | – | Subject-matter and objectives |
| Article 2 | – | Material scope |
| Article 3 | – | Territorial scope |
| Article 4 | – | Definitions |
Chapter 2 – Principles
Chapter 3 – Rights of the data subject
Chapter 4 – Controller and processor
Chapter 5 – Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations
Chapter 6 – Independent supervisory authorities
| Section 1 | – | Independent status |
| Article 51 | – | Supervisory authority |
| Article 52 | – | Independence |
| Article 53 | – | General conditions for the members of the supervisory authority |
| Article 54 | – | Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority |
| Section 2 | – | Competence, tasks and powers |
| Article 55 | – | Competence |
| Article 56 | – | Competence of the lead supervisory authority |
| Article 57 | – | Tasks |
| Article 58 | – | Powers |
| Article 59 | – | Activity reports |
Chapter 7 – Cooperation and consistency
| Section 1 | – | Cooperation |
| Article 60 | – | Cooperation between the lead supervisory authority and the other supervisory authorities concerned |
| Article 61 | – | Mutual assistance |
| Article 62 | – | Joint operations of supervisory authorities |
| Section 2 | – | Consistency |
| Article 63 | – | Consistency mechanism |
| Article 64 | – | Opinion of the Board |
| Article 65 | – | Dispute resolution by the Board |
| Article 66 | – | Urgency procedure |
| Article 67 | – | Exchange of information |
| Section 3 | – | European data protection board |
| Article 68 | – | European Data Protection Board |
| Article 69 | – | Independence |
| Article 70 | – | Tasks of the Board |
| Article 71 | – | Reports |
| Article 72 | – | Procedure |
| Article 73 | – | Chair |
| Article 74 | – | Tasks of the Chair |
| Article 75 | – | Secretariat |
| Article 76 | – | Confidentiality |
Chapter 8 – Remedies, liability and penalties
Chapter 9 – Provisions relating to specific processing situations
Chapter 10 – Delegated acts and implementing acts
| Article 92 | – | Exercise of the delegation |
| Article 93 | – | Committee procedure |