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General Data Protection Regulation
Sign in to saveAlso known as GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, European General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation 2016/679
European Union regulation on the processing of personal data
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union law that sets rules for how companies and organizations can collect, use, and store people's personal information. It matters because it gives people more control over their data and requires organizations to be transparent about how they use it, with significant penalties for those who don't follow the rules.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regulation of the European Union
- Country
- European Union
- Main subject
- data security
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- title
- Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning (EU) 2016/679 av den 27 april 2016 om skydd för fysiska personer med avseende på behandling av personuppgifter och om det fria flödet av sådana uppgifter och om upphävande av direktiv 95/46/EG (allmän dataskyddsförordning)
- published in
- Official Journal of the European Union
- repeals
- Data Protection Directive
- work available at URL
- eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj
- language of work or name
- official languages of the European Union
- short name
- SUVP
- applies to jurisdiction
- European Economic Area
- hashtag
- GDPR
- Commons category
- General Data Protection Regulation
- P7771
- Georges Brassens
- Stack Exchange tag
- law.stackexchange.com/tags/gdpr
- publication date
- 2016-05-04
- signatory
- Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
- date of promulgation
- 2016-04-27
- effective date
- 2018-05-25
- legislated by
- Council of the European Union
- introduced on
- 2012-01-25
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Encyclopedic overview
The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), abbreviated GDPR, is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR is an important component of EU privacy law and human rights law, in particular Article 8(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. It also governs the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA. The GDPR's goals are to enhance individuals' control and rights over their personal information and to simplify the regulations for international business. It supersedes the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and, among other things, simplifies the terminology.
The European Parliament and Council of the European Union adopted the GDPR on 14 April 2016, to become effective on 25 May 2018. As an EU regulation (instead of a directive), the GDPR has direct legal effect and does not require transposition into national law. However, it also provides flexibility for individual member states to modify (derogate from) some of its provisions.
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