GDPR Summary – There are two main types of legislation in relation to data protection:

1. Directives

Data Protection Directives lay down certain results that must be achieved but each Member State is free to decide how to transpose directives into national laws

  • Require individual implementation in each Member State
  • Implemented by the creation of national laws approved by the parliaments of each Member State
  • UK Data Protection Act 1998

2. Regulations

Data Protection Regulations have binding legal force throughout every Member State and enter into force on a set date in all the Member States.

  • Immediately applicable in each Member State
  • Require no local implementing legislation
  • EU GDPR is a Regulation

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