UK-GDPR

• UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)


  Organized into several chapters and articles
• Key articles in Chapter 1: General Provisions


  • Article 1: Subject-matter and objectives
  • Article 2: Material scope
  • Article 3: Territorial scope
  • Article 4: Definitions
• Key articles in Chapter 2: Principles

  • Article 5: Principles relating to processing of personal data
  • Article 6: Lawfulness of processing
  • Article 7: Conditions for consent
  • Article 8: Conditions applicable to child's consent in relation to information society services
  • Article 9: Processing of special categories of personal data
  • Article 10: Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences
  • Article 11: Processing which does not require identification
• Key articles in Chapter 3: Rights of the data subject


  • Article 12: Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject
  • Article 13: Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
  • Article 14: Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject
  • Article 15: Right of access by the data subject
  • Article 16: Right to rectification
  • Article 17: Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten')
  • Article 18: Right to restriction of processing
  • Article 19: Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing
  • Article 20: Right to data portability
  • Article 21: Right to object
  • Article 22: Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
  • Article 23: Restrictions
• Key articles in Chapter 4: Controller and processor

  • Article 24: Responsibility of the controller
  • Article 25: Data protection by design and by default
  • Article 26: Joint controllers
  • Article 27: Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the United Kingdom
  • Article 28: Processor
  • Article 29: Processing under the authority of the controller or processor
  • Article 30: Records of processing activities
  • Article 31: Cooperation with the Commissioner
  • Article 32: Security of processing
  • Article 33: Notification of a personal data breach to the Commissioner
  • Article 34: Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject
  • Article 35: Data protection impact assessment
  • Article 36: Prior consultation
  • Article 37: Designation of the data protection officer
  • Article 38: Position of the data protection officer
  • Article 39: Tasks of the data protection officer
• Key articles in Chapter 5: Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations


  • Article 44: General principle for transfers
  • Article 45: Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision
  • Article 46: Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards
  • Article 47: Binding corporate rules
  • Article 49: Derogations for specific situations
  • Article 50: International cooperation for the protection of personal data
• Key articles in Chapter 6: The Commissioner

  • Article 51: Monitoring the application of this Regulation
  • Article 52: Independence
  • Article 53: General conditions for the members of the supervisory authority
  • Article 54: Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority
  • Article 55: Competence
  • Article 56: Competence of the lead supervisory authority
  • Article 57: Tasks
  • Article 58: Powers
  • Article 59: Activity reports
• Key articles in Chapter 7: Cooperation and consistency

  • Article 60: Cooperation between the lead supervisory authority and the other supervisory authorities concerned
  • Article 61: Mutual assistance
• Article 1: Subject-matter and objectives

  Lays down rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data
• Article 2: Material scope

  This Regulation applies to the automated or structured processing of personal data
• Article 3: Territorial scope


  This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the United Kingdom, but in a place where domestic law applies by virtue of public international law
• Article 4: Definitions


  Provides definitions for various terms used in the UK GDPR
• Article 5: Principles relating to processing of personal data


  Lays out the principles that must be adhered to when processing personal data
• Article 6: Lawfulness of processing


  Discusses the conditions that must be met for the processing of personal data to be considered lawful
• Article 7: Conditions for consent


  Outlines the conditions for consent to the processing of personal data
• Article 12: Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject


  Discusses the obligations of the data controller to provide clear and transparent information to the data subject
• Article 13: Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject


  Outlines the information that must be provided to the data subject when their personal data is collected
• Article 14: Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject


  Outlines the information that must be provided to the data subject when their personal data has not been obtained directly from them
• Article 24: Responsibility of the controller


  Discusses the responsibilities of the data controller
• Article 25: Data protection by design and by default


  Outlines the concept of 'data protection by design and by default'
• Article 26: Joint controllers


  Discusses the responsibilities and obligations of joint controllers
• Article 44: General principle for transfers


  Outlines the general principle for transferring personal data to third countries or international organisations
• Article 45: Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision


  Discusses the conditions under which personal data can be transferred on the basis of an adequacy decision
• Article 46: Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards


  Outlines the conditions under which personal data can be transferred subject to appropriate safeguards