A ferry operator between Member States asks why free flow of personal data is treated as a GDPR goal. Which rationale matches the Regulation’s design?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
The GDPR is not a moat that traps data at every Member State border. Protection of people and free circulation of personal data inside the Union are twin goals—like safe roads and open travel between towns. That single-market logic is why a ferry operator’s passenger processing can move with the journey under one EU rulebook.
Full Explanation
Recitals and Article 1 of the GDPR frame dual aims: protecting fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons with regard to personal-data processing, and ensuring the free flow of personal data within the Union. The instrument is not designed solely to prohibit intra-EU transfers. Free movement is not limited to anonymous data, nor is it a CCPA concept borrowed from CIPP/US.