Set by the law · GDPR Art. 3(1)

Territorial scope

In plain English

The GDPR applies to organisations established in the EU, wherever the processing happens, and to organisations outside the EU that offer goods or services to people in the EU or monitor their behaviour there.

The official text

This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not.

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Article 3(1)EUR-LexRead it on Fino →

This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to: (a) the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; or (b) the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union.

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Article 3(2)EUR-LexRead it on Fino →

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