81As the Advocate General observed in point 67 of his Opinion, Article 5(2) and Article 24 of the GDPR impose general accountability and compliance requirements upon controllers of personal data. In particular, those provisions require controllers to take appropriate steps to prevent any infringements of the rules laid down in the GDPR in order to ensure the right to the protection of data.
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