# Subject-matter and objectives 1(1) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (1(1)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-1#par-1
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Part of **Subject-matter and objectives** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-1).

## Provision text

### 1(1)

This Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data.


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Processing** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerking
  Any operation performed on personal data
- **GDPR Subject-Matter and Objectives** — https://overview.legal/topics/gdpr-subject-matter-objectives
  This content is specifically about the introductory provisions establishing the subject-matter and objectives of the GDPR, which is a distinct topic from genera

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **GOOGLE SPAIN SL V. AEPD (THE DPA) & MARIO COSTEJA GONZALEZ, 13.May.2014 (“GOOGLE v. Spain”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6158
- **GC and Others v CNIL** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51475
- **Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51477
- **Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51471
- **RYNES V. ÚŘAD PRO OCHRANU OSOBNICH ÚDAJŮ, 11.12.2014 (“RYNES”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6155
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Privacy International v Secretary of State** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51481
- **Google LLC v CNIL** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51476
- **Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51478
- **Patrick Breyer v Bundesrepublik Deutschland** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51479
- **Google Spain SL and Google Inc. v AEPD and Mario Costeja González** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51472
- **Peter Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51480

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