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Title:General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Guidelines
Description:The EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect on May 25, 2018, replacing the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. Designed to increase data privacy for EU citizens, the regulation levies steep fines on organizations that don’t follow the law.
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h1Complete guide to GDPR compliance
h4GDPR Overview
h5What is GDPR, the EU’s new data protection law?
h5Everything you need to know about the “Right to be forgotten”
h5What are the GDPR Fines?
h4GDPR Compliance
h5Data protection and working remotely
h5Cookies, the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Directive
h5Everything you need to know about GDPR compliance
h4News & Updates
h5How the GDPR could change in 2020
h5Italy fines Eni Gas e Luce €11.5 million for multiple GDPR violations
h5What is the LGPD? Brazil’s version of the GDPR
h4GDPR compliance checklist
h4GDPR Forms and Templates
h6About GDPR.EU
h5Getting Started
h5Templates
h5Technical Review
h5About Us

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# Complete guide to GDPR compliance

GDPR.eu is a resource for organizations and individuals researching the General Data Protection Regulation.
Here you’ll find a library of straightforward and up-to-date information to help organizations
achieve GDPR compliance.

#### GDPR Overview

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If you’re new to the GDPR, the information in this section will help you get up to speed about the European Union’s data protection law.

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##### What is GDPR, the EU’s new data protection law?

What is the GDPR? Europe’s new data privacy and security law includes hundreds of pages’ worth of new requirements for organizations around the world. This GDPR overview will help…

##### Everything you need to know about the “Right to be forgotten”

Also known as the right to erasure, the GDPR gives individuals the right to ask organizations to delete their personal data. But organizations don’t always have to do it….

##### What are the GDPR Fines?

GDPR fines are designed to make non-compliance a costly mistake for both large and small businesses. In this article we’ll talk about how much is the GDPR fine and…

#### GDPR Compliance

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The articles in this section provide simple and actionable insights to help you and your organization comply with the GDPR.

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##### Data protection and working remotely

The paradigm shift toward remote working began even before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. Since then, local and national directives have confined large portions of the population to their…

##### Cookies, the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Directive

Cookies are an important tool that can give businesses a great deal of insight into their users’ online activity. Despite their importance, the regulations governing cookies are split between…

##### Everything you need to know about GDPR compliance

We created GDPR.eu to simplify GDPR compliance for small- and medium-sized businesses. This guide will help you find all the tools you need.

#### News & Updates

##### How the GDPR could change in 2020

GDPR regulators have been busy. They issued hundreds of fines to companies, including Google and Facebook, more than €114 million in the first 20 months of GDPR. Later this…

February 20, 2020 Read more

##### Italy fines Eni Gas e Luce €11.5 million for multiple GDPR violations

On Jan. 17, 2020, the Italian Supervisory Authority (ISA) announced it had imposed two separate fines of €8.5 million and €3 million on Eni Gas e Luce (EGL), an…

February 18, 2020 Read more

##### What is the LGPD? Brazil’s version of the GDPR

Brazil passed the General Data Protection Law in 2018, and it will come into effect February 2020. This article examines the GDPR vs. the LGPD, how it differs, and…

July 31, 2019 Read more

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#### GDPR compliance checklist

The GDPR is especially daunting for SMEs. Use our GDPR compliance checklist to focus your efforts and ensure that you understand the practical steps required to avoid penalties.

Checklist

#### GDPR Forms and Templates

We've created some customizable templates for the most common GDPR forms that companies need in order to be compliant.

Data Processing Agreement Right to Erasure Request Form Privacy Policy

###### About GDPR.EU

GDPR.EU is a website operated by Proton AG, which is co-funded by Project REP-791727-1 of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union. This is not an official EU Commission or Government resource. The europa.eu webpage concerning GDPR can be found here. Nothing found in this portal constitutes legal advice.


##### Getting Started


- What is GDPR?
- What are the GDPR Fines?
- GDPR Compliance Checklist


##### Templates


- Data Processing Agreement
- Right to Erasure Request Form
- Writing a GDPR-compliant privacy notice


##### Technical Review


- Data Protection Office Guide
- GDPR and Email
- Does GDPR apply outside of the EU


##### About Us


GDPR.eu is co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union **and operated by Proton AG**.

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