•Why it earns a slot
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.