Requirements GuideEU

EU GDPR Requirements

A requirements-to-controls map you can implement and prove.

Focus: obligations, owners, evidence artifacts, and operational workflows.

Author
Sorena AI
Published
Feb 21, 2026
Updated
Feb 21, 2026
Sections
3

Structured answer sets in this page tree.

Primary sources
4

Cited legal and guidance references.

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Sorena AI
Published Feb 21, 2026
Updated Feb 21, 2026
Overview

GDPR requirements become manageable when they are translated into controls and evidence tied to the real processing landscape. The core map should connect scope and roles, Article 5 principles, Article 6 lawful-basis choices, transparency and rights handling, accountability and RoPA maintenance, Article 28 vendor controls, Article 32 security, Article 33 and 34 breach handling, Article 35 DPIAs, and Chapter V transfers. Each requirement area should have an owner, a workflow, and an exportable proof set.

Section 2

Rights, accountability, and operations

GDPR is operational law. The requirements only become real when you can execute them at system level.

This is where RoPA, DSAR workflows, and processor management connect.

  • Articles 12 to 22 rights workflows and logging.
  • Article 24 accountability and governance ownership.
  • Article 28 processor contracts and sub-processor controls.
  • Article 30 RoPA maintenance, including transfers and security measures.
  • Article 31 cooperation readiness for supervisory-authority requests.
Section 3

Security, risk, transfers, and enforcement

The highest-pressure GDPR moments are usually incidents, DPIAs, and transfer escalations. Build those as disciplined systems, not ad hoc legal projects.

Your evidence map should make those moments easier, not harder.

  • Article 32 security controls tied to risk and system design.
  • Articles 33 and 34 incident classification, timing, and communication rules.
  • Articles 35 and 36 DPIA and prior consultation workflow.
  • Articles 44 to 49 transfer mechanisms, adequacy, SCCs, TIAs, and derogations.
  • Articles 58, 83, and 84 enforcement and penalty context.
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