GDPR for Beginners

If your organization handles personal data of individuals in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), understanding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is essential.

GDPR is a comprehensive data protection law that governs how organizations collect, use, store, and share personal data.

Key principles include:

• Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency

• Purpose limitation

• Data minimization

• Accuracy

• Storage limitation

• Integrity and confidentiality

• Accountability

For beginners, it’s critical to understand which data processing activities fall under GDPR and how to build privacy practices that align with its requirements.

GDPR also complements global privacy and security frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.