On 27 April 2016, the European Commission adopted new "general data protection regulation" that will be effective in all Member States from 25 May 2018. This article focuses on the impact of such regulation on the operators of grey literature, especially with regard to the administrative requirements introduced by new "privacy by design rules". The article also assesses the statutory licenses of a public repository to process and make available personal information even without the consent of a data subject.Článek pojednává o dopadech GDPR na repozitáře šedé literatury, jež nabyde účinnosti v květnu 2018.On 27 April 2016, the European Commission adopted new "general data protection regulation" that will be effective in all Member States from 25 May 2018. This article focuses on the impact of such regulation on the operators of grey literature, especially with regard to the administrative requirements introduced by new "privacy by design rules". The article also assesses the statutory licenses of a public repository to process and make available personal information even without the consent of a data subject