Privacy and personal data

What is the importance of privacy? What exactly are personal data? What exactly is ‘processing’? And what legislation is in place to protect privacy and personal data? 

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GDPR basics

The most important law that has the protection of personal data as its subject is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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GDPR in practice

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers several instruments that help organisations comply with the law.
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