European Commission | EU | [...] on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (PDF)
From 1. Context of the proposal:
“This explanatory memorandum presents in further detail the Commission’s approach to a new legal framework for the protection of personal data in the EU […]. The proposed new legal framework consists of two legislative proposals:
a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) and
a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (Police and Criminal Justice Data Protection Directive).
This explanatory memorandum concerns this first legislative proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation.”
