# GDPRhub style guide

- Type: News
- Source: GDPRhub
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Original: https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=GDPRhub_style_guide
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/291292
- Topics: Social Media, Supervisory Authorities, Personal Data, Controllers

## Summary

Cleared up "the DPA" and "million"/"billion" Example: The Romanian DPA fined Facebook Romania RON 25,000 (€5,000).Example: The Romanian DPA fined Facebook Romania RON 25,000 (€5,000). If the amount is over a million, please use "m" for million and "bn" for billion (in the English sense, i.e. thousand million (1,000,000,000). Consistent indication of dates. Consistent indication of dates ::Example: The German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) becomes the "German Federal Data Protection Act ('&#

## Full text

Cleared up "the DPA" and "million"/"billion" Example: The Romanian DPA fined Facebook Romania RON 25,000 (€5,000).Example: The Romanian DPA fined Facebook Romania RON 25,000 (€5,000). If the amount is over a million, please use "m" for million and "bn" for billion (in the English sense, i.e. thousand million (1,000,000,000). Consistent indication of dates. Consistent indication of dates ::Example: The German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) becomes the "German Federal Data Protection Act (''Bundesdatenschutzgesetz - BDSG'')". Once this abbreviation is established on a page, you may later simply refer to the BDSG in your article.::Example: The German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) becomes the "German Federal Data Protection Act (''Bundesdatenschutzgesetz - BDSG'')". Once this abbreviation is established on a page, you may later simply refer to the BDSG in your article. Consistently referring to "controller" and "data subject". Consistently referring

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