Background and Evolution of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

This book provides an article-by-article commentary on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). Adopted in April 2016 and applicable from May 2018, the GDPR is the centrepiece of the reform of the EU regulatory framework for protection of personal data. While retaining the conceptual framework of the Data Protection Directive 95/46 (‘DPD’) that it replaced, the GDPR represents a major shift in the way that data protection is regulated in EU law. In addition, the GDPR has already become a global benchmark in the field.