UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (the UK GDPR), as amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

CHAPTER I: General provisions

CHAPTER II: 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

CHAPTER III: Rights of the data subject

Section 1: Transparency and modalities

  • Article 12 Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject

Section 2: Information and access to personal data

  • 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

Section 3: Rectification and erasure

  • 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

Section 4: Right to object and automated individual decision-making

Section 5: Restrictions

CHAPTER IV: Controller and processor

Section 1: General obligations

Section 2: Security of personal data

  • 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

Section 3: Data protection impact assessment and prior consultation

Section 4: Data protection officer

  • Article 37 Designation of the data protection officer
  • Article 38 Position of the data protection officer
  • Article 39 Tasks of the data protection officer

Section 5: Codes of conduct and certification

CHAPTER V: Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations

  • Article 46 Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards
  • Article 47 Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards: Binding corporate rules
  • Article 49 Derogations for specific situations
  • Article 50 International cooperation for the protection of personal data

CHAPTER VI: Independent supervisory authorities

Section 1: Independent status

Section 2: Competence, tasks and powers

CHAPTER VIII: Remedies, liability and penalties

  • Article 78 Right to an effective judicial remedy against the Commissioner
  • Article 79 Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor
  • Article 80 Representation of data subjects
  • Article 82 Right to compensation and liability
  • Article 83 General conditions for imposing administrative fines
  • Article 84 Penalties

CHAPTER IX: Provisions relating to specific processing situations

  • Article 85 Processing and freedom of expression and information
  • Article 86 Processing and public access to official documents

CHAPTER XI: Final provisions

  • Article 94 Repeal of Directive 95/46/EC
  • Article 95 Relationship with domestic law made before IP completion day implementing Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12th July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector
  • Article 96 Relationship with previously concluded Agreements

Omitted in the UK GDPR

These articles of the EU GDPR are omitted in full from the UK GDPR, so they carry no page here. Most concern the EU cooperation and consistency mechanisms that do not apply after exit.

Article 22, Article 44, Article 45, Article 48, Article 53, Article 54, Article 55, Article 56, Article 59, Article 60, Article 61, Article 62, Article 63, Article 64, Article 65, Article 66, Article 67, Article 68, Article 69, Article 70, Article 71, Article 72, Article 73, Article 74, Article 75, Article 76, Article 77, Article 81, Article 87, Article 88, Article 89, Article 90, Article 91, Article 92, Article 93, Article 97, Article 98, Article 99.

Source text: legislation.gov.uk, the UK statute book (EU-retained Regulation 2016/679). The parser was validated against the UK Article 27 verified in REP-08.