All 99 Articles Chapter 2: Principles
The seven principles at the heart of the GDPR. Every processing activity must satisfy all of them, and you must be able to demonstrate that it does (accountability).
Key points
- Lawfulness, fairness and transparency; purpose limitation; data minimisation.
- Accuracy; storage limitation; integrity and confidentiality (security).
- Accountability — you must be able to show your compliance, not just assert it.
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