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Article 3 — Territorial scope

Consumer protectionLevel 1RegulationGDPRApplies from 25 May 2018Official source

3(1)

1.This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not.

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3(2)

2.This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to:

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3(2)(a)
(a)the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; or
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3(2)(b)
(b)the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union.
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3(3)

3.This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the Union, but in a place where Member State law applies by virtue of public international law.

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