The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) outlines seven data protection principles that organizations must follow when processing personal data of individuals within the European Union. These principles are as follows: Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner. 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. Data minimization: Personal data must be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed. Accuracy: Personal data must be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate, having regard to the purposes for which they are processed, are erased or rectified without delay.