The General Data Protection Regulation: an overview of the penalties’ provisions from a Portuguese standpoint

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  • Pedro Miguel Freitas University of Minho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21814/unio.4.2.10

Keywords:

sanctions, fines, sentencing, data protection

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the punitive regime foreseen in the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR). The administrative fines’ regime found in Article 83 of the GDPR and some of the questions it arises will be explored. We conclude that the Member States should adopt a critical stance when adapting their national legislation to the norms of the GDPR. The fundamental principles enshrined in national constitutions and supranational legal texts must be closely analysed and observed since the GDPR introduces a mandatory sanctions framework.

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Published

2018-08-30

How to Cite

Freitas, P. M. (2018). The General Data Protection Regulation: an overview of the penalties’ provisions from a Portuguese standpoint. UNIO – EU Law Journal, 4(2), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.21814/unio.4.2.10

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