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EU GDPR key definitions and interpretative guidance for EEA practice: personal data, special categories, biometric/criminal data, data subjects, controllers/processors, profiling, filing systems, recipients and supervisory authorities

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Practice notes

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This Practice Note sets out the present legal landscape; bear in mind that aspects of it are expected to shift under the Digital Omnibus proposals released on 19 November 2025, aligned with the European Commission’s ‘simplification’ programme and related initiatives. For further details and updates, see Practice Note: EU Digital Omnibus—tracker. The Note also supplies additional guidance on principal definitions within the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the EU GDPR).

Scope of this Practice Note

This Practice Note examines EU GDPR rules applicable across EEA states at the supranational tier only—please consult guidance from the competent national data protection authorities and domestic statutes, as appropriate, for the approach likely to be followed in any EEA jurisdiction. Owing to the substantial movement of data between the EEA and other regions, practitioners may need to evaluate not only the extra-territorial scope of the EU GDPR in non-EEA jurisdictions, but equally the extra-territorial reach of third countries’ data protection laws to processing and use within the EEA of personal data about individuals situated in those countries.

Background to the EU GDPR

For an introduction and context to the EU GDPR, refer to Practice Note: The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)...

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