CONTENTS

1. Scope and Purpose
2. Fundamental Principles
3. Definitions
4. Article Types Eligible for Post-Publication Discussion
5. Forms of Post-Publication Contribution
6. Eligibility Criteria
7. Time Window for Submission
8. Formal Requirements
9. Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence Tools
10. Submission Procedure
11. Editorial Assessment and Moderation
12. Peer Review of Letters to the Editor
13. Author Notification and Invitation to Reply
14. Author Reply: Requirements and Procedure
15. Publication
16. Limits on Prolonged Disputes
17. Escalation to Research Integrity Procedures
18. External Post-Publication Commentary Platforms
19. Relationship with Other Journal Policies
20. Normative References

 

1. SCOPE AND PURPOSE

This policy governs the procedures of European Gynecology and Obstetrics (EGO) for managing post-publication discussion. It defines the forms of post-publication contribution that the Journal accepts, the eligibility criteria and formal requirements applicable to each form, the procedures for editorial assessment, peer review, moderation, and author notification, the conditions for publication, the limits applicable to prolonged disputes, and the circumstances in which a contribution raises concerns that trigger research integrity procedures. The policy applies to all readers, authors, and third parties who submit, or intend to submit, a post-publication contribution in relation to any article published in the Journal.

Post-publication discussion constitutes an integral component of the scientific record. The Journal recognizes its value as a forum for ongoing scholarly scrutiny. It is committed to facilitating timely, substantive, and professionally conducted exchanges between correspondents and the authors of published articles, in line with the highest standards of scholarly publication ethics.

2. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

The following principles govern the management of post-publication discussion:

-                Scientific value. Post-publication discussion serves the integrity and completeness of the scientific record. Its primary purpose is to identify errors, alternative interpretations, or methodological concerns of scientific significance.

-                Constructive tone. All post-publication contributions must be constructive, professionally written, and evidence-based. Personal attacks, discriminatory language, hostile tone, and libelous content are not accepted.

-                Right of reply. The Journal provides authors of the original article with the opportunity to reply to each published letter. Authors' silence does not imply agreement or concession.

-                Editorial independence. Editorial decisions on post-publication contributions - including acceptance, rejection, and moderation - are taken exclusively by the Editor-in-Chief or a designated Associate Editor, without interference from the Publisher or the European Society of Gynecology (ESG). Where the Editor-in-Chief seeks publisher-level legal advice in accordance with Section 11, such advice does not determine the editorial outcome, which remains the exclusive responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief or the designated Associate Editor.

-                Transparency. All accepted letters and author replies are published with their own DOI, linked to the original article, and accessible to all readers without restriction, consistent with the Journal's diamond open access model.

-                Integrity linkage. If a post-publication contribution raises concerns that may affect the integrity of a published article, the matter is escalated to the research integrity procedures set out in the Corrections and Retractions Policy and the Publication Ethics Policy, without prejudicing the independent assessment of the contribution.

3. DEFINITIONS

For this policy:

-                Letter to the Editor. A post-publication contribution submitted by a reader, clinician, researcher, or other third party commenting on, querying, or responding to an article published in the Journal. Letters to the Editor must satisfy the eligibility criteria and formal requirements set out in this policy.

-                Author Reply. A response submitted by 1 or more authors of the original article in reply to a published letter. Author Replies are published simultaneously with the corresponding Letter to the Editor.

-                "Reply declined." A statement published by the Editorial Office if the authors of the original article explicitly decline to respond to a Letter within the deadline specified in Section 13.

-                "No author reply received." A statement published by the Editorial Office if the authors of the original article do not submit an Author Reply within the deadline specified in Section 13 (including any granted extension) and have not explicitly declined to respond.

-                "Author reply unavailable." A statement published by the Editorial Office if a revised Author Reply fails to meet the formal requirements on second submission, in accordance with Section 14.

-                Editorial assessment. The initial assessment is conducted by the Editor-in-Chief or a designated Associate Editor to determine whether a submitted Letter satisfies the eligibility criteria and formal requirements set out in this policy.

-                Peer review. A formal assessment of a Letter conducted by 1 or 2 external experts, at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief, in addition to or following the initial editorial assessment.

-                Moderation. The editorial process by which submitted Letters are reviewed before publication for conformity with the criteria of this policy. Moderation may result in rejection, revision request, or acceptance for peer review.

4. ARTICLE TYPES ELIGIBLE FOR POST-PUBLICATION DISCUSSION

Letters to the Editor may be submitted in relation to any article published in the Journal that belongs to 1 of the following article types, as defined in the Submission Guidelines: original research articles (including randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, prospective cohort studies, retrospective cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, and diagnostic accuracy studies), narrative reviews, clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements, and case reports.

Letters referring to editorials, perspectives, commentaries, letters to the editor published by the Journal, errata, corrigenda, retraction notices, or announcements are not accepted, unless the Editor-in-Chief determines on an exceptional basis that such a contribution would be of substantial scientific value.

5. FORMS OF POST-PUBLICATION CONTRIBUTION

The Journal accepts 2 forms of post-publication contribution:

Letter to the Editor—the standard form of post-publication discussion. A Letter may raise methodological concerns, identify errors, propose alternative interpretations, refer to additional published or registered evidence bearing on the original findings, or comment on the implications of the original article for clinical practice or public health policy, provided that the contribution is substantive and within the scope of the article being discussed.

Author Reply. A structured response by 1 or more authors of the original article to an accepted Letter. The Author Reply addresses the points raised and may clarify, correct, or contest the assertions made. Authors may not submit new data that have not been published or registered in a citable source.

The following forms of commentary are not managed through this policy: rapid online comments or annotations submitted through third-party platforms, responses submitted via social media, and informal communications sent directly to the Editorial Office. Concerns raised through informal channels are addressed in accordance with the procedures set out in Section 18.

6. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To be eligible for consideration, a Letter to the Editor must satisfy all of the following criteria:

-                Reference to a published article. The Letter must refer to an article published in the Journal. Letters not referring to a specific published article are not accepted.

-                Time window. The Letter must be submitted within the time window specified in Section 7.

-                Scientific substance. The Letter must present a substantive scientific concern, a methodological observation, additional evidence, or an alternative interpretation that contributes materially to the scholarly assessment of the original article. Correspondence that is solely laudatory or that reproduces concerns already addressed by the original authors in print or in a previously published reply is not accepted.

-                Professional tone. Letters must be written in a constructive, professional, and collegial manner. Personal attacks, discourteous language, and content directed at individuals rather than at the scientific content of the article are rejected without further assessment.

-                Citable evidence only. Letters must not contain data that have not been published or registered in a citable source. Reference to personal communications or unpublished observations is not permitted.

-                No duplication. A Letter submitted by 1 or more of the same authors within 12 months of a previously published Letter on the same article from those authors is not normally eligible, unless the Editor-in-Chief determines that it addresses a materially new concern.

-                One letter per period. Only 1 Letter may be submitted per article by the same corresponding author within 12 months.

Unpublished evidence, confidential materials, and non-public data must not be included in a Letter submitted for publication. Such materials may, however, be submitted confidentially to the Editorial Office as part of a research integrity concern or a formal complaint under the applicable Journal policies, including the Corrections and Retractions Policy and the Complaints, Appeals and Whistleblowing Policy, and will be handled in accordance with those policies.

7. TIME WINDOW FOR SUBMISSION

Letters to the Editor must be submitted within 12 months of the online publication date of the article being discussed. The publication date used for this calculation is the date of first online publication (Epub ahead of print or final publication, whichever is earlier).

Letters submitted after the 12-month deadline are not normally accepted. The Editor-in-Chief may, in exceptional circumstances, consider a late submission if it raises a concern of substantial scientific significance that could not reasonably have been identified within the standard window. Authors intending to submit a late letter should contact the Editorial Office in advance to request editorial guidance.

The 12-month time limit applies only to ordinary scholarly correspondence. Concerns that may affect the reliability, integrity, or ethical status of a published article may be submitted to the Editorial Office at any time and will be handled under the Journal's research integrity procedures in accordance with the Corrections and Retractions Policy, regardless of the time elapsed since publication.

8. FORMAL REQUIREMENTS

Letters to the Editor and Author Replies must satisfy the following formal requirements. Non-compliant submissions are returned to the corresponding author without entering the editorial assessment process.

Requirement	Letter to the Editor	Author Reply
Maximum word count	500 words (excluding title, affiliations, COI statement, AI disclosure, and references)	500 words (excluding title, affiliations, COI statement, AI disclosure, and references)
References	Maximum 5; at least 1 must cite the article being discussed	Maximum 5; at least 1 must cite the original article
Maximum number of authors	4	4
Title	Required; must reference the title of the article being discussed	Required; must reference the title of the original article
Affiliations	Required for all authors (department, institution, city, country)	Required for all authors (department, institution, city, country)
ORCID	Strongly encouraged for all authors	Strongly encouraged for all authors
COI statement	Required (ICMJE format)	Required (ICMJE format)
AI disclosure	Required (see Section 9)	Required (see Section 9)
Language	English only	English only
Structure	Unstructured running text; no abstract; no headings; no tables or figures	Unstructured running text; no abstract; no headings; no tables or figures
Citation style	Vancouver/ICMJE (superscript numerals)	Vancouver/ICMJE (superscript numerals)

Letters or Replies that do not satisfy the above requirements at the time of initial submission are returned to the corresponding author with a revision request. A revised submission that fails to meet the requirements on second submission is rejected without further assessment.

9. DISCLOSURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS

Authors of Letters to the Editor and Author Replies must disclose any use of artificial intelligence (AI) or large language model (LLM) tools in the preparation of their contribution. The disclosure must specify the name, version, and provider of the tool, as well as the nature of its use (for example, drafting, editing, translation, literature search, or data analysis). The disclosure is included in the submitted manuscript file and is published as part of the contribution.

AI and LLM tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of a Letter or Reply. Human authors retain full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of all content, including any generated with AI assistance. The Journal's Artificial Intelligence Policy governs compliance with this requirement.

10. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Letters to the Editor are submitted through the Journal's editorial platform (OJS - Open Journal Systems) at egojournal.eu. The submission must be assigned the article type "Letter to the Editor" within the submission system. Author Replies are submitted through the same platform following receipt of the invitation described in Section 13.

The submission package for a Letter to the Editor consists of: the manuscript file in Microsoft Word format (.docx) containing the text of the letter, the title, author details (name, ORCID where available, affiliation), the COI statement, the AI disclosure statement, and the reference list. Separate upload of a title page is not required; all author details must be included in the manuscript file.

Authors who experience technical difficulties with the submission platform may contact the Editorial Office at the email address published on the Journal website. The Editorial Office will acknowledge receipt of a submission within 5 working days.

11. EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT AND MODERATION

All Letters to the Editor undergo an initial editorial assessment conducted by the Editor-in-Chief or a designated Associate Editor within 15 working days of receipt. The Editorial Office acknowledges receipt within 5 working days and communicates the outcome of the initial assessment within 15 working days. Where additional information is required, the author is notified promptly.

The initial editorial assessment evaluates the following: (a) satisfaction of formal requirements (Section 8); (b) compliance with the time window (Section 7); (c) eligibility in relation to the article type (Section 4) and the article referenced; (d) scientific substance (Section 6); (e) professional tone and compliance with the constructive conduct standard (Section 6); (f) absence of libellous, defamatory, or legally sensitive content.

The outcome of the initial assessment is 1 of the following:

-                Accepted for further consideration. The Letter satisfies all criteria and is forwarded for peer review in accordance with Section 12 or, at editorial discretion, accepted without external peer review.

-                Revision requested. The Letter presents a minor formal deficiency (for example, the word count is slightly exceeded or a reference is missing). The author is invited to submit a revised version within 10 working days.

-                Rejected without further assessment. The Letter is outside the time window, does not refer to an eligible article type, is formally non-compliant on resubmission, lacks scientific substance, adopts a professional tone that does not meet the standard of Section 6, or contains libelous or defamatory content. Rejection is communicated in writing. Notwithstanding the Complaints, Appeals and Whistleblowing Policy, authors may not request a further reconsideration of a rejected letter through the complaints process unless they allege a procedural error.

Where a Letter contains content that may be legally sensitive, potentially defamatory, or that raises a significant risk of legal liability for the Journal, the Editor-in-Chief may seek publisher-level legal advice from Edikta S.r.l. before reaching a final editorial decision. Recourse to legal advice concerns only the legal assessment of the content and does not affect the independence of the Editor-in-Chief's decision on the scientific and scholarly merits of the Letter.

12. PEER REVIEW OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letters that pass the initial editorial assessment may be subject to peer review at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. Peer review is conducted by 1 or 2 external experts selected from the Journal's reviewer pool. Reviewers are selected based on their subject-matter expertise and absence of conflict of interest with the authors of the Letter and the authors of the original article.

Where external peer review is required, the Editorial Office prepares an anonymized review version of the Letter before transmission to reviewers, removing author names, affiliations, and any other identifying information. If anonymization is not feasible because the content of the Letter makes the authors identifiable, the review is conducted without double-anonymous anonymization, under the confidentiality and conflict-of-interest safeguards set out in the Peer Review Policy.

Reviewers are instructed to assess the accuracy and validity of the scientific points raised, the appropriateness of the evidence cited, the clarity and conciseness of the text, and the professional conduct of the contribution.

The target timeline for completion of peer review of a Letter to the Editor is 4 weeks from the date of transmission to the reviewer(s). Reviewers who are unable to complete their assessment within this period must notify the Editorial Office promptly to allow reassignment.

The outcome of peer review is communicated to the author of the Letter within 5 working days of receipt of the last reviewer report. The Editor-in-Chief's decision is final.

Reviewers of Letters to the Editor must comply with the Journal's Artificial Intelligence Policy. They must not upload confidential manuscripts, reviewer reports, or related editorial materials to AI tools unless explicitly permitted by that policy and unless the confidentiality of the submission can be assured. Any permitted use of AI tools in the review process must be disclosed to the Editorial Office. The Peer Review Policy governs reviewers' obligations of confidentiality in relation to Letters under review.

13. AUTHOR NOTIFICATION AND INVITATION TO REPLY

Upon acceptance of a Letter to the Editor for publication, the Editorial Office notifies the corresponding author of the original article and invites them to submit an Author Reply. The invitation specifies the publication date for the Letter and the deadline for submitting the Reply.

Authors of the original article are given 4 weeks from the date of the invitation to submit an Author Reply. Authors who require additional time may request a single extension of up to 2 weeks by notifying the Editorial Office before the initial deadline expires. No further extensions are granted.

If the authors of the original article explicitly decline to respond, the Letter is published with the statement "Reply declined" in place of the Author Reply. If no Author Reply is received by the deadline (including any granted extension) without an explicit decline, the Letter is published with the statement "No author reply received" in place of the Author Reply. A decision not to reply does not constitute an admission of the validity of the points raised in the Letter.

Authors of the original article who wish to contest the acceptance of a Letter on grounds of factual error, misrepresentation of data, or libel must raise their concern with the Editorial Office within 10 working days of receipt of the invitation. The Editor-in-Chief assesses such concerns and does not automatically delay publication of the Letter. Where the Editor-in-Chief's assessment determines that the concern may affect the integrity of the Letter or of the scientific record, the matter is escalated in accordance with Section 17. Where the assessment determines that the concern reflects a factual error that does not raise a research integrity concern, the Editor-in-Chief resolves the matter directly. Publication of the Letter is not delayed.

14. AUTHOR REPLY: REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE

Author Replies must satisfy the formal requirements specified in the table at Section 8 and must be submitted in the format prescribed in Section 10. An Author Reply that fails the formal requirements on first submission is returned to the corresponding author with a revision request. A revised Author Reply that fails the requirements on second submission is not published; the Letter is published with the statement "Author reply unavailable."

Author Replies must address the substantive points raised in the Letter. Replies that are non-responsive to the Letter (for example, that consist solely of general remarks about the quality of the original article without addressing the specific concern raised) are returned to the author with a revision request. Author Replies are not subject to external peer review but are reviewed by the Editorial Office for compliance with the formal and professional conduct standards of this policy.

Authors of the original article may not include in their Reply new data that have not been published or registered in a citable source. If you wish to submit new data in response to a concern raised in a Letter, please consider submitting a formal corrigendum in accordance with the Corrections and Retractions Policy.

15. PUBLICATION

Accepted Letters to the Editor and the corresponding Author Replies (or the applicable non-reply statement under Section 13 or Section 14) are published simultaneously online. Each Letter is assigned a DOI using the Journal's DOI prefix 10.11138, subject to the applicable Crossref membership and prefix-management arrangements, and is linked bidirectionally to the original article in the OJS platform and in the Crossref metadata record. Author Replies are assigned a separate DOI and are likewise linked to both the Letter and the original article.

Crossref metadata deposits for Letters and Replies include appropriate relationship metadata:

isCommentOn / hasComment for Letters in relation to the original article, and

isReplyTo / hasReply for Author Replies in relation to the corresponding Letter.

These relationship types are deposited together with license metadata, references, ORCID identifiers where available, and bidirectional links to the original article, in accordance with Crossref metadata standards and the Journal's Crossref membership obligations.

Letters and Replies are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), consistent with the Journal's diamond open access model. No article processing charge or submission fee is levied for the submission of Letters or Replies. No embargo period applies; Letters and Replies are publicly accessible immediately upon online publication.

Letters and Replies are deposited and made available for indexing in the databases and abstracting services in which the Journal is included, where technically supported and subject to the selection, indexing, and document-type policies of each database. The Journal does not guarantee that all abstracting and database services will individually index every Letter or Author Reply. The full text of published Letters and Replies is included in the long-term digital preservation archives covered by the Digital Preservation Policy.

16. LIMITS ON PROLONGED DISPUTES

To manage the use of the correspondence section effectively and to prevent unproductive disputes from displacing substantive scientific content, the following limits apply:

-                Per-author limit. The Journal will not normally publish more than 1 Letter referring to the same article from the same corresponding author within 12 months.

-                Three-exchange limit. In relation to any single article, the Journal will not publish more than 3 letters-and-replies exchanges (that is, 3 Letters and their corresponding Author Replies, or the applicable non-reply statement under Section 13 or Section 14) within 24 months from the date of the first published Letter.

-                No sequential escalation. An author who has already published 1 Letter and 1 Author Reply in the same exchange is not eligible to submit a further Letter on the same article within 12 months, consistent with the Per-author limit set out above, unless the Editor-in-Chief determines that a materially new concern of substantial scientific significance has arisen.

These limits do not apply to escalation to research integrity procedures under Section 17, which the Corrections and Retractions Policy governs.

17. ESCALATION TO RESEARCH INTEGRITY PROCEDURES

If the content of a Letter to the Editor raises concerns that may affect the integrity of the published article - including but not limited to data fabrication or falsification, plagiarism, undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical violation, breach of research protocol, or suspected paper mill activity - the Editor-in-Chief escalates the matter to the research integrity procedures set out in the Corrections and Retractions Policy and the Publication Ethics Policy. Research integrity concerns of this nature are not subject to the time limits set out in Section 7 and may be raised at any time after publication of the article.

In cases of escalation, publication of the Letter is suspended pending the outcome of the integrity investigation. Where a Letter is escalated under this Section before publication, all publication procedures, including author reply timelines under Sections 13 and 14, are suspended until the integrity assessment is concluded. The author of the Letter is notified of the suspension and of the reason for it within 20 working days of submission. The outcome of the investigation determines whether the Letter is published, reformulated as a formal concern, or superseded by an editorial correction, retraction, or expression of concern.

If a Letter alleges research misconduct but provides insufficient evidence to initiate a formal investigation, the Editor-in-Chief may invite the author to resubmit the Letter with supporting evidence before escalation is determined. This invitation does not constitute a commitment to publish or to initiate an investigation.

Authors of Letters who become aware of ongoing integrity investigations related to the article under discussion are asked to disclose this information to the Editorial Office at the time of submission.

18. EXTERNAL POST-PUBLICATION COMMENTARY PLATFORMS

The Journal acknowledges the existence of external platforms for post-publication commentary and critique (including, without limitation, PubPeer, Retraction Watch, and public institutional repositories). The Journal neither controls nor endorses commentary posted on external platforms.

Where the Editorial Office becomes aware of commentary posted on an external platform that raises a substantive concern about the integrity or accuracy of an article published in the Journal - whether through direct notification, notification by a reader or author, or its own monitoring activities - the concern is assessed in accordance with the procedures set out in the Corrections and Retractions Policy. Such concerns are treated with the same procedural standards as formal Letters to the Editor, regardless of the channel through which they are received. This assessment concerns the substance of the integrity concern raised; the external commentary itself is not published and is not converted into a Letter to the Editor under this Policy, consistent with Section 5.

Authors or readers who wish to draw the Journal's attention to commentary published on an external platform may do so by contacting the Editorial Office at the designated editorial contact address published on the Journal website.

19. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER JOURNAL POLICIES

This policy is an integral part of the editorial governance framework of the Journal and must be read in conjunction with the following policies:

Title	Relevance to this Policy
Editorial Policy Statement	Defines Letters to the Editor as an article type; establishes foundational governance principles
Publication Ethics Policy	Governs misconduct concerns raised in or triggered by post-publication contributions
Corrections and Retractions Policy	Governs escalation of integrity concerns raised in Letters; defines corrective acts
Authorship Policy	Defines authorship criteria applicable to Letters and Replies; governs CRediT and ORCID requirements
Conflict of Interest Policy	Governs COI disclosure requirements for authors of Letters and Replies
Artificial Intelligence Policy	Governs AI use and disclosure obligations applicable to authors and reviewers of Letters and Replies
Peer Review Policy	Governs peer review procedures applicable to Letters selected for external review and confidentiality obligations for reviewers
Complaints, Appeals and Whistleblowing Policy	Governs complaints regarding editorial decisions on Letters and concerns submitted confidentially relating to published articles
Open Access Policy	Governs licensing (CC BY 4.0), embargo, and open access conditions applicable to Letters and Replies
Digital Preservation Policy	Governs long-term preservation of Letters and Replies in designated archives
Privacy and Data Protection Policy	Governs processing of personal data of authors of Letters and Replies under GDPR
Submission Guidelines	Defines the submission workflow on OJS and the article type "Letter to the Editor"

20. NORMATIVE REFERENCES

COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics. Core Practices - Post-publication discussions and corrections. Available at: https://publicationethics.org/core-practices

COPE Council. COPE Flowcharts and infographics - Handling of post-publication critiques - English. Version 1, September 2021. https://doi.org/10.24318/o1VgCAih

COPE Council. Retraction guidelines. Version 3, 2025. Available at: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/guideline/retraction-guidelines

COPE Council. Expressions of concern guidelines. Available at: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/guideline/expressions-concern

COPE Council. Dealing with concerns about the integrity of published research (discussion document). Available at: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/discussion-document/dealing-concerns-about-integrity-published-research

ICMJE - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, Section on Correspondence. Available at: https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/correspondence.html

NISO - National Information Standards Organization. Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC), Recommended Practice NISO RP-45-2024.

CSE - Council of Science Editors. White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, current edition.

Crossref. Schema library - Relationships (relations.xsd): inter-work relationship types are isCommentOn/hasComment and isReplyTo/hasReply. Available at: https://www.crossref.org/documentation/schema-library/markup-guide-metadata-segments/relationships/

Crossref. Content registration and metadata deposit requirements for journal articles.

ORCID - Open Researcher and Contributor ID. Available at: https://orcid.org

CRediT - Contributor Roles Taxonomy (ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022).

DOAJ - Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, version 4 (2022), jointly issued by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA and WAME.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation).