The original European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) documents may be found on EUR-Lex.
- 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
- Section 1 - Transparency and modalities
- Section 2 - Information and access to personal data
- 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
- Section 3 - Rectification and erasure
- 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
- Section 4 - Right to object and automated individual decision-making
- Section 5 - Restrictions
- CHAPTER 4 - Controller and processor
- Section 1 - General obligations
- 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
- Section 2 - Security of personal data
- 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
- Section 3 - Data protection impact assessment and prior consultation
- Section 4 - Data protection officer
- Article 37 - Designation of the data protection officer
- Article 38 - Position of the data protection officer
- Article 39 - Tasks of the data protection officer
- Section 5 - Codes of conduct and certification
- 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
- Section 1 - Independent status
- 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
- Section 2 - Competence, tasks and powers
- CHAPTER 7 - Cooperation and consistency
- Section 1 - Cooperation
- 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
- Section 2 - Consistency
- 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
- Section 3 - European data protection board
- 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
- CHAPTER 11 - Final provisions