Information they have must be confidential for the GDPR. Explain what this is and what the principles are.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.

The GDPR is based on the following key principles:

1. Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.

2. 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.

3. Data minimization: Personal data must be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

4. Accuracy: Personal data must be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.

5. Storage limitation: Personal data must be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed.

6. Integrity and confidentiality: Personal data must be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures.

7. Accountability: The controller shall be responsible for, and be able to demonstrate compliance with, these principles.