Institution or law · Directive 95/46 Art. 1(1)
Data Protection Directive 95/46
In plain English
The EU's data protection law before the GDPR. As a directive it had to be turned into national law, which led to different rules from country to country. The GDPR repealed it on 25 May 2018.
What the law says
In accordance with this Directive, Member States shall protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, and in particular their right to privacy with respect to the processing of personal data.
Directive 95/46/EC is repealed with effect from 25 May 2018.
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