The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

What you should know: 

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).


You should know the most important statements of the GDPR and be able to communicate them to the participants.   

For a better understanding of the GDPR, please find below the most important articles of the GDPR: 

  • Art. 1 GDPR - Subject matter and objectives
  • Art. 4 GDPR - Definition of terms 
  • What is personal data? 
  • What does processing mean? 
  • Art. 5 GDPR - Principles for the processing of personal data
  • Art. 6 DSGVO - Lawfulness of processing
  • Art. 12 - 23 DSGVO rights of the data subjects

To be read at:


Information on this: 

  • Chapter 3.2 The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the Security, Privacy and Data Protection module.
  • Chapter 3.2.4 Problem: Right to erasure and to be forgotten
  • CUMILA Wiki Exercise c3L02 - Basic Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)


Read the relevant chapters in the module and, if necessary, work on the exercises mentioned yourself or prepare them for your lessons.