Recital 4 Data protection in balance with other fundamental rights The processing of personal data should be designed to serve mankind. The right to the protection of personal data…
Recital 5 Cooperation between Member States to exchange personal data The economic and social integration resulting from the functioning of the internal market has led to a substantial increase…
Recital 6 Ensuring a high level of data protection despite the increased exchange of data Rapid technological developments and globalisation have brought new challenges for the protection of personal…
Recital 7 The framework is based on control and certainty Those developments require a strong and more coherent data protection framework in the Union, backed by strong enforcement, given…
Recital 8Adoption into national law Where this Regulation provides for specifications or restrictions of its rules by Member State law, Member States may, as far as necessary for coherence…
Recital 9 Different standards of protection by the Directive 95/46/EC The objectives and principles of Directive 95/46/EC remain sound, but it has not prevented fragmentation in the implementation of…
Recital 10 Harmonised level of data protection despite national scope In order to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of natural persons and to remove the obstacles…
Recital 11Harmonisation of the powers and sanctions Effective protection of personal data throughout the Union requires the strengthening and setting out in detail of the rights of data subjects…
Recital 12Authorization of the European Parliament and the Council Article 16(2) TFEU mandates the European Parliament and the Council to lay down the rules relating to the protection of…
Recital 13 Taking account of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises In order to ensure a consistent level of protection for natural persons throughout the Union and to prevent divergences…
Recital 14 Not applicable to legal persons The protection afforded by this Regulation should apply to natural persons, whatever their nationality or place of residence, in relation to the…
Recital 15 Technology neutrality In order to prevent creating a serious risk of circumvention, the protection of natural persons should be technologically neutral and should not depend on the…
Recital 16 Not applicable to activities regarding national and common security This Regulation does not apply to issues of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms or the free flow…
Recital 17Adaptation of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council_ applies to the processing of personal data by the Union…
Recital 18 Not applicable to personal or household activities This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data by a natural person in the course of a…
Recital 19 Not applicable to criminal prosecution The protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention,…
Recital 20 Respecting the independence of the judiciary While this Regulation applies, inter alia, to the activities of courts and other judicial authorities, Union or Member State law could…
Recital 21 Liability rules of intermediary service providers shall remain unaffected This Regulation is without prejudice to the application of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the…
Art. 81 GDPRSuspension of proceedings Where a competent court of a Member State has information on proceedings, concerning the same subject matter as regards processing by the same controller…
Recital 1 Data protection as a fundamental right The protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data is a fundamental right. Article 8(1) of the…
Art. 61 GDPR Mutual assistance Supervisory authorities shall provide each other with relevant information and mutual assistance in order to implement and apply this Regulation in a consistent manner,…
Art. 62 GDPR Joint operations of supervisory authorities The supervisory authorities shall, where appropriate, conduct joint operations including joint investigations and joint enforcement measures in which members or staff…
Art. 63 GDPRConsistency mechanism In order to contribute to the consistent application of this Regulation throughout the Union, the supervisory authorities shall cooperate with each other and, where relevant,…
Art. 64 GDPR Opinion of the Board The Board shall issue an opinion where a competent supervisory authority intends to adopt any of the measures below. To that end, the…
Art. 66 GDPRUrgency procedure In exceptional circumstances, where a supervisory authority concerned considers that there is an urgent need to act in order to protect the rights and freedoms…
