Regulation (EU) 2016/679
The GDPR, whole
CELEX 32016R0679
Seven principles, ninety-nine articles and a hundred and seventy-three recitals, drawn as the one connected thing they are. Click any provision to read it. The walk runs from the principles that carry the Regulation to the fines that enforce them.
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Every provision of GDPR
The whole act as plain links, grouped as it is grouped. Each one opens that provision on its own page, with the official text, what it cites, what cites it and where it reaches another act.
Chapter IGeneral provisions
Chapter IIPrinciples
- Article 5Principles relating to processing of personal data
- Article 6Lawfulness of processing
- Article 7Conditions for consent
- Article 8Conditions applicable to child's consent in relation to information society services
- Article 9Processing of special categories of personal data
- Article 10Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences
- Article 11Processing which does not require identification
Chapter IIIRights of the data subject
- Article 12Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject
- Article 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
- Article 14Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject
- Article 15Right of access by the data subject
- Article 16Right to rectification
- Article 17Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
- Article 18Right to restriction of processing
- Article 19Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing
- Article 20Right to data portability
- Article 21Right to object
- Article 22Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
- Article 23Restrictions
Chapter IVController and processor
- Article 24Responsibility of the controller
- Article 25Data protection by design and by default
- Article 26Joint controllers
- Article 27Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union
- Article 28Processor
- Article 29Processing under the authority of the controller or processor
- Article 30Records of processing activities
- Article 31Cooperation with the supervisory authority
- Article 32Security of processing
- Article 33Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority
- Article 34Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject
- Article 35Data protection impact assessment
- Article 36Prior consultation
- Article 37Designation of the data protection officer
- Article 38Position of the data protection officer
- Article 39Tasks of the data protection officer
- Article 40Codes of conduct
- Article 41Monitoring of approved codes of conduct
- Article 42Certification
- Article 43Certification bodies
Chapter VTransfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations
- Article 44General principle for transfers
- Article 45Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision
- Article 46Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards
- Article 47Binding corporate rules
- Article 48Transfers or disclosures not authorised by Union law
- Article 49Derogations for specific situations
- Article 50International cooperation for the protection of personal data
Chapter VIIndependent supervisory authorities
- Article 51Supervisory authority
- Article 52Independence
- Article 53General conditions for the members of the supervisory authority
- Article 54Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority
- Article 55Competence
- Article 56Competence of the lead supervisory authority
- Article 57Tasks
- Article 58Powers
- Article 59Activity reports
Chapter VIICooperation and consistency
- Article 60Cooperation between the lead supervisory authority and the other supervisory authorities concerned
- Article 61Mutual assistance
- Article 62Joint operations of supervisory authorities
- Article 63Consistency mechanism
- Article 64Opinion of the Board
- Article 65Dispute resolution by the Board
- Article 66Urgency procedure
- Article 67Exchange of information
- Article 68European Data Protection Board
- Article 69Independence
- Article 70Tasks of the Board
- Article 71Reports
- Article 72Procedure
- Article 73Chair
- Article 74Tasks of the Chair
- Article 75Secretariat
- Article 76Confidentiality
Chapter VIIIRemedies, liability and penalties
- Article 77Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
- Article 78Right to an effective judicial remedy against a supervisory authority
- Article 79Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor
- Article 80Representation of data subjects
- Article 81Suspension of proceedings
- Article 82Right to compensation and liability
- Article 83General conditions for imposing administrative fines
- Article 84Penalties
Chapter IXProvisions relating to specific processing situations
- Article 85Processing and freedom of expression and information
- Article 86Processing and public access to official documents
- Article 87Processing of the national identification number
- Article 88Processing in the context of employment
- Article 89Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes
- Article 90Obligations of secrecy
- Article 91Existing data protection rules of churches and religious associations
Chapter XDelegated acts and implementing acts
Chapter XIFinal provisions
Defined terms (26)
- personal data
- processing
- restriction of processing
- profiling
- pseudonymisation
- filing system
- controller
- processor
- recipient
- third party
- consent
- personal data breach
- genetic data
- biometric data
- data concerning health
- main establishment
- representative
- enterprise
- group of undertakings
- binding corporate rules
- supervisory authority
- supervisory authority concerned
- cross-border processing
- relevant and reasoned objection
- information society service
- international organisation
Recitals (173)
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Source texts: the Official Journal, through the Publications Office. Study aid, not legal advice.
The other three acts on this map are one click away in the subnav, and every citation that crosses between them is at /tools/cross-compliance-graph/crossover.