Chapter 1 · General Provisions

Article 3Territorial scope

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The GDPR's reach is extra-territorial. It applies to organisations established in the EU, and to those outside the EU that offer goods or services to, or monitor, people in the EU.

Key points

  • Covers processing by an EU establishment, wherever the processing happens.
  • Covers non-EU organisations targeting or monitoring people in the EU.
  • Non-EU controllers may need to appoint an EU representative (Article 27).
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