5 THE PRINCIPLES OF DATA PROTECTION

Shervin Nahid

This chapter provides an overview of the data protection principles, which are the compliance backbone of not just the GDPR, but similar legal instruments the world over. This chapter also provides an overview of the lawful bases for the processing of personal data, which form part of the first data protection principle.

A CONSTANT PRESENCE IN DATA PROTECTION LAW

The focus of the data protection principles embodied in the GDPR has remained remarkably constant over the 50-year history of the law and while being a European invention, they have been internationalised, with notable examples including the OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data, adopted ...

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