I. History and Motives of Data Protection Legislation Authors: Spiros Simitis († 2023), Gerrit Hornung and Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann 1. Beginnings a) Legal origins and terminology The history of data protection legislation begins on 30 September 1970, the day the Data Protection Act was passed in the federal state of Hesse in Germany.[1]…
Authors: Gerrit Hornung and Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann This Regulation 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. This Regulation protects fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and in particular their right…
Authors: Vagelis Papakonstantinou and Paul De Hert This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form part of a filing system or are intended to form part of a filing system. This Regulation…
Author: Gerrit Hornung This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects…