General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Table of Contents
Chapter I – General provisions
Chapter II – Principles
Chapter III – Rights of the data subject
Chapter IV – Section 4
Chapter V – Section 5
Chapter VI – Independent supervisory authorities
Chapter VII – Cooperation and consistency
Chapter VIII – Remedies, liability and penalties
Chapter IX – Provisions relating to specific processing situations
Chapter X – Delegated acts and implementing acts
Chapter XI – Final provisions
Recitals (173)
Chapter I – General provisions
Article 1
Subject-matter and objectives
1. This Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data.
2. This Regulation protects fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and in particular their right to the protection of personal data.
3. The free movement of personal data within the Union shall be neither restricted nor prohibited for reasons connected with the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.