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Ahead of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Article 29 Working Party earlier this year organised the Fablab workshop.

Meeting in Brussels, more than 90 participants gathered to discuss certain operational and practical issues linked to the GDPR with representatives of industry, civil society, academics and relevant associations.

Fablab’s objective was to generate a discussion that would feed into the Article 29 Working Party’s best practices and guidelines due out at the end of the year. Four components of the GDPR were prioritized:
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