2016 CE–2018 CE
EU GDPR and personal-data protection
Information & communication · Technology · Infrastructure
The European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation in 2016, applicable from 2018. It established a common framework for personal-data processing and obligations for controllers and processors within its scope; its extraterritorial reach and practical enforcement depend on specific legal and supervisory conditions.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- End
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
Reading the date: duration of a process.
Sources
- eur-lex.europa.eu (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification: the source could not be accessed
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
The correspondence between this reference and individual claims has not yet been itemized.
This record is an editorial synthesis. Consult the sources to check claims and their limits. Chronological relationships alone do not establish causation.