European Union: Adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) introducing data protection requirements
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Adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) introducing data protection requirements
On 27 April 2016, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which creates a comprehensive data protection regulation within the European Union. The GDPR introduces new obligations for organisation…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2012-01-25
under deliberation
2016-04-27
adopted