GDPR
In brief
The European law that protects your personal data: who is allowed to collect it, why, for how long, and what you are entitled to. It protects people, not industry.
▶ Precise definition
General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679), in force since 2018. It sets out the framework for the processing of personal data: legal basis, purpose, retention period, data subjects’ rights and the obligations of data controllers. It is a matter of individual rights, not industrial policy: it does not determine where data is hosted, nor who controls the technology.
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