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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679)

Here you can read all the articles of the GDPR in full text (only in English). The GDPR consists of 11 chapters, and 99 articles. 

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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

Complete Regulation Overview

Chapter 1 – General provisions

Article 1 – Subject-matter and objectives

Article 2 – Material Scope

Article 3 – Territorial scope

Article 4 – Definitions

Chapter 2 – Principles

Article 5 – Principles relating to processing of personal data

Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing

Article 7 – Conditions for consent

Article 8 – Conditions applicable to child’s consent in relation to information society services

Article 9 – Processing of special categories of personal data

Article 10 – Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences

Article 11 – Processing which does not require identification

Chapter 3 – Rights of the data subject

Article 12 – Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject

Article 13 – Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject

Article 14 – Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject

Article 15 – Right of access by the data subject

Article 16 – Right to rectification

Article 17 – Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)

Article 18 – Right to restriction of processing

Article 19 – Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing

Article 20 – Right to data portability

Article 21 – Right to object

Article 22 – Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Article 23 – Restrictions

Chapter 4 – Controller and processor

Article 24 – Responsibility of the controller

Article 25 – Data protection by design and by default

Article 26 – Joint controllers

Article 27 – Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union

Article 28 – Processor

Article 29 – Processing under the authority of the controller or processor

Article 30 – Records of processing activities

Article 31 – Cooperation with the supervisory authority

Article 32 – Security of processing

Article 33 – Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority

Article 34 – Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject

Article 35 – Data protection impact assessment

Article 36 – Prior consultation

Article 37 – Designation of the data protection officer

Article 38 – Position of the data protection officer

Article 39 – Tasks of the data protection officer

Article 40 – Codes of conduct

Article 41 – Monitoring of approved codes of conduct

Article 42 – Certification

Article 43 – Certification bodies

Chapter 5 – Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations

Article 44 – General principle for transfers

Article 45 – Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision

Article 46 – Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards

Article 47 – Binding corporate rules

Article 48 – Transfers or disclosures not authorised by Union law

Article 49 – Derogations for specific situations

Article 50 – International cooperation for the protection of personal data

Chapter 6 – Independent supervisory authorities

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

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

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

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

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

Article 77 – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Article 78 – Right to an effective judicial remedy against a supervisory authority

Article 79 – Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor

Article 80 – Representation of data subjects

Article 81 – Suspension of proceedings

Article 82 – Right to compensation and liability

Article 83 – General conditions for imposing administrative fines

Article 84 – Penalties

Chapter 9 – Provisions relating to specific processing situations

Article 85 – Processing and freedom of expression and information

Article 86 – Processing and public access to official documents

Article 87 – Processing of the national identification number

Article 88 – Processing in the context of employment

Article 89 – Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes

Article 90 – Obligations of secrecy

Article 91 – Existing data protection rules of churches and religious associations

Chapter 10 – Delegated acts and implementing acts

Article 92 – Exercise of the delegation

Article 93 – Committee procedure

Chapter 11 – Final provisions

Article 94 – Repeal of Directive 95/46/EC

Article 95 – Relationship with Directive 2002/58/EC

Article 96 – Relationship with previously concluded Agreements

Article 97 – Commission reports

Article 98 – Review of other Union legal acts on data protection

Article 99 – Entry into force and application

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We teach companies and their employees about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is an EU regulation that all companies within the EU/EEA must comply with. GDPR is also applicable to companies registered outside of the EU/EEA, if they process personal data that belongs to individuals within the EU/EEA.

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