- This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not.
- This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to:
- the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; or
- the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union.
- This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the Union, but in a place where Member State law applies by virtue of public international law.
Suitable Recitals
- Recital 22 : Processing by an establishment
- Recital 23 : Applicable to processors not established in the Union if data subjects within the Union are targeted
- Recital 24 : Applicable to processors not established in the Union if data subjects within the Union are profiled
- Recital 25 : Applicable to processors due to international law
