The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): A Commentary

Cited numerous times by members of the EU Court of Justice and European data protection authorities, The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has become the leading reference work on the regulation. The second edition of this acclaimed book provides article-by-article commentary on the GDPR, the most influential data protection legislation globally. This book is edited by a group of leading experts and written by a team of well-known specialists in the field from around the EU and the EEA. The authors are from many different countries and work in different sectors, including academia, the EU institutions, data protection authorities, and the private sector, providing a pan-European and yet globally-oriented analysis of the GDPR that takes into account the needs of both academia and practice. It examines each article of the GDPR in sequential order and explains how its provisions work, thus allowing the reader to easily and quickly elucidate the meaning of individual articles. An introductory chapter provides an exhaustive overview of the background to the GDPR and its place in the greater structure of EU law and human rights law. The second edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded, making it the most exhaustive book on EU data protection law ever published in English. A new chapter is also included, analysing the GDPR Procedural Regulation, and account is taken of new relevant provisions of EU data legislation such as the EU AI Act. An exhaustive index and tables of legislation and cases are also included.