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The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), [1] abbreviated GDPR, or RGPD (French for Règlement général sur la protection des données and Italian for Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati) is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA).
On 25 January 2012, the European Commission (EC) announced it would be unifying data protection law across a unified European Union via legislation called the "General Data Protection Regulation." The EC's objectives with this legislation included: [17] the harmonisation of 27 national data protection regulations into one unified regulation;
The Data Act is a European Union regulation which aims to facilitate and promote the ... and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of ...
It replaced the Data Protection Act 1984 (c 35). The 2016 General Data Protection Regulation supersedes previous Protection Acts. The Data Protection Act 2018 (c 12) updates data protection laws in the UK. It is a national law which complements the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Directive 2002/58/processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector European Union directive Made by European Parliament & Council Made under Art. 95 Journal reference L201, 2002-07-31, pp. 37 – 47 History Date made 2002-07-12 Entry into force 2002-07-31 Implementation date 2003-10-31 Preparative texts EESC opinion C123, 2001-01-24, p. 53 EP ...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation that specifies standards for data protection and electronic privacy in the European Economic Area, and the rights of European citizens to control the processing and distribution of personally-identifiable information.
For instance, the United States, Singapore, Brazil, and countries in Europe have all developed laws that regulate access to personal data as privacy protection. The European Union states that: "The right of access occupies a central role in EU data protection law's arsenal of data subject empowerment measures."
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is a European Union independent body with juridical personality whose purpose is to ensure consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) [1] and to promote cooperation among the EU’s data protection authorities.