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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Stronger protection, new opportunities - Commission guidance on the direct application of the General Data Protection Regulation as of 25 May 2018 · European Union

The Regulation continues to follow the approach of the Data Protection Directive, but, building on 20 years of EU data protection legislation and relevant case law, it clarifies and modernises the data protection rules; it introduces a number of novel elements that strengthen the protection of individual rights and open opportunities for companies and business, in particular:

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.