The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) outlines several key principles that organizations must adhere to when processing personal data. These principles ensure that personal data is handled lawfully, fairly, and transparently. Here are the core principles of GDPR:

1. Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency: Data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.
2. Purpose Limitation: Personal data must be collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes.
3. Data Minimization: Data collected should be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
4. Accuracy: Personal data must be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date. Every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that inaccurate personal data is erased or rectified without delay.
5. Storage Limitation: Personal data should be kept in a form that permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed.
6. Integrity and Confidentiality: Personal data must be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures.
7. Accountability: The data controller is responsible for, and must be able to demonstrate, compliance with these principles.

Sources

• Article 5 of the GDPR
• European Commission GDPR Principles
• ICO Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

These principles form the foundation of the GDPR and guide organizations in their data processing activities to ensure compliance with the regulatio