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EU GDPR

EU General Data Protection Regulation

The GDPR duties that drive a data protection impact assessment and limit solely automated decisions.

5 obligations in this framework — full source text, applicability logic, and engineering tickets inside Landfall.

5 obligation pages · last updated 11 September 2026

EU-GDPR-ART22-AUTOMATED-DECISIONSCRITICALRequirementAutomated Decisions

Solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects are prohibited unless one of three grounds applies, and then only with safeguards including human intervention

Article 22 — Automated individual decision-making, including profiling · Read the full page →

Featured — source excerptThe data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly...
EU-GDPR-ART25-DP-BY-DESIGNHIGHRequirementGovernance

Build data-protection principles into the design of the processing, and make the privacy-protective configuration the default one

Article 25(1) and (2) — Data protection by design and by default · Read the full page →

Featured — source excerptTaking into account the state of the art, the cost of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for rights...
EU-GDPR-ART35-DPIAHIGHAssessmentRisk Assessment

Carry out a data protection impact assessment before processing that is likely to result in a high risk to people's rights and freedoms

Article 35(1), (3) and (7) — Data protection impact assessment · Read the full page →

Featured — source excerptWhere a type of processing in particular using new technologies, and taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing, is likely to result in a high risk to the rights...

See how these become your engineering backlog

Landfall turns each of the 5 EU General Data Protection Regulation obligations into traceable engineering tickets — with full source text, applicability logic, and a citation chain your auditors can follow.

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Does not integrate with your production systems. Does not block, filter, or enforce compliance in real-time. Implementation is your responsibility.

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Documentation of your process is valuable, but does not constitute a legal defense. Compliance is ultimately your organization's responsibility.

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AI-generated interpretations require human review and approval. Automated suggestions are starting points, not final answers.

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Regulatory landscape is vast and evolving. Gaps in our coverage do not mean those requirements don't apply to you.

What This Tool IS:

  • A structured workflow for mapping regulatory requirements to implementation tasks
  • A documentation system for compliance decisions (audit trail)
  • A collaboration platform for compliance, legal, and engineering teams
  • An informational resource for understanding regulatory obligations