§ GDPR BRIEFING

GDPR Compliance Deadline: 25 May 2018

5 obligations from GDPR fell due on 25 May 2018. In force since this date — see what should already be in place.

Summary

5 GDPR obligations carry 25 May 2018 as their deadline. This page lists them grouped by sector with article references and the action each obligation requires — extracted verbatim from the Regulation.

The deadline has passed (2928 days ago). The obligations listed below should already be in force for any organisation in scope. Use the page as an audit checklist.

Who this applies to
Any organisation in scope of GDPR that has obligations dated 25 May 2018.
Compliance deadline
25 May 2018 — already in force.
§ Detail

In depth

Obligations due by this deadline

For all in-scope entities

For recruitment and HR

Checklist — what you need to have done

What should already be in place — audit framing

25 May 2018 is 2928 days behind us. The obligations on this page have been in force since then; treat any gap as an audit finding, not a planning question. The expected baseline under GDPR:

If any of these are missing, the right next step is a gap assessment plus a documented remediation plan — not a re-design of the underlying programme.

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