# Directive 95/46/EC

# Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms

Short Form Full Form
DPD Data Protection Directive
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation

# Overview

Directive 95/46/EC, more commonly known as the "Data Protection Directive (DPD)" was the first major EU data privacy law.

# Noteworthy

  • The Data Protection Directive was repealed and is superseded by the GDPR.
  • The Data Protection Directive was the first major EU data privacy law.

# Sources