# GDPR overview and inquiries

Source: https://developer.nylas.com/docs/support/general-data-protection-regulation/

The European Union's [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)](https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. It was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect all E.U. citizens' data privacy, and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach their users' privacy.

## GDPR terms

The GDPR includes a few terms that you should be aware of as a Nylas customer:

- **Data Controller**: The business party that creates the data. This is you, the Nylas customer.
- **Data Processor**: A party that receives data from the Data Controller and does something with it. This is Nylas, Inc.
- **Data portability**: The practice of allowing a customer to export all of their data in a machine-readable format.
- **Right to be forgotten**: The right of all customers to have their data completely removed from a Data Processor's servers.

## GDPR and Nylas

Nylas complies with all GDPR provisions as a Data Processor, and honors the "Right to be forgotten", "Data portability" guidelines, and the guidelines about notifications in the case of a data breach.

### Data portability and Nylas

If you want to export your data in a machine-readable format, [submit a request to Nylas Support](https://support.nylas.com/hc/en-us/requests/new). The Support team will rely to your request promptly with a link to your data. The link is accessible for only one week.

### Right to be forgotten and Nylas

You control all of your Nylas data. If you want to remove a user's data, make a [Delete Grant request](/docs/reference/api/manage-grants/delete_grant_by_id/). If you want to delete your application and all associated data, [submit a request to Nylas Support](https://support.nylas.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).

For what happens to grants and lower-level resources when you delete a connector, credential, workspace, or application, see [Deleting resources and data](/docs/dev-guide/platform/deleting-resources/).