Art. 1 GDPR · Chapter I: General provisions
Article 1 GDPR: Subject-matter and objectives
Text as of 28 October 2026 Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026
Summary (not the official text)
The Regulation sets rules on protecting people when their personal data are processed and on the free movement of those data. It protects fundamental rights, in particular the right to the protection of personal data, and free movement of personal data within the Union may not be restricted for reasons connected with that protection.
Official text
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 to the protection of personal data.
The free movement of personal data within the Union shall be neither restricted nor prohibited for reasons connected with the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Official Journal L 119, 4.5.2016, as corrected. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu
Text as of 28 October 2026.
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