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The GDPR

European Union · regulation, applies since 2018·88 pg in the original·original at eur-lex.europa.eu
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  • No lawful basis, no processing. Every use of personal data needs one of six legal grounds, consent being only one of them, and consent must be freely given, specific, and withdrawable.
  • Individuals hold enforceable rights: access, correction, erasure, portability, and objection, and organizations must answer such requests without undue delay.
  • It follows the person, not the server. The regulation applies to anyone processing EU residents' data, wherever the company sits, which is why the whole internet met it in May 2018.
  • 72 hours and 4%. Notifiable breaches go to the regulator within 72 hours, and violations can cost up to 20 million euros or 4% of worldwide turnover, whichever is higher.
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The regulation that made privacy a board-level topic worldwide, summarized without a single cookie banner.

Personal data may only be processed with a lawful basis, people hold enforceable rights over their data, and the rules follow EU residents worldwide. Breaches must be reported within 72 hours, and fines reach 4% of global turnover.

This distillation is written from the freely available original, which is always the better read when you have the time: eur-lex.europa.eu.

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