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GDPR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECHR · Article 8 In force
Right to respect for private and family life

Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society.

Cross-reference Art. 6 · Art. 10 · Art. 13
Short title Right to privacy
Cited in Pretty v. United Kingdom
Legal expertverified
Cross-references confirmed against the consolidated treaty text
Useradded a nickname
“Right to privacy”
Agentextracted a citation
Pretty v. United Kingdom (2002) 35 EHRR 1
Legal-AI vendors Data API
Retention limits for personal data GET
EU GDPR In force
GDPR Art. 5(1)(e) — Storage limitationcite
Kept no longer than necessary for the purposes processed
EUR-Lex · Regulation (EU) 2016/679
GDPR Art. 17 — Right to erasurecite
Erasure without undue delay where data is no longer necessary
Case C-131/12 · Google Spain
ECHR Art. 8 — Right to private lifecite
Respect for private and family life, home and correspondence
HUDOC · Court of Human Rights
Governments
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — consolidated Article 5 — Principles relating to processing of personal data (a) processed lawfully, fairly and transparently (b) collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes (c) adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary (e) kept no longer than necessary for the purposes Consolidated 4 May 2016 · in force 25 May 2018
Universities
1.2Mmatching documents
46jurisdictions
24kECHR judgments
In-house legal teams
Records of processing (GDPR Art. 30)source
Data retention schedule reviewedsource
DPIA completed for new vendorssource
Cross-border transfer review pendingsource
Law firms via MCP
Knowledge graph
Research assistant MCP
Can we keep candidate CVs after hiring?
Only as long as necessary for the purpose collected.
GDPR Art. 5(1)(e)cite
For how long?
Guidance suggests 6–12 months.
EDPB Guidelines 05/2020cite
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The most important legal questions deserve reliable data

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Every jurisdiction, every source, kept current

Documents from every source across every jurisdiction, updated as the law changes.
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Enriched by legal experts, users and agents

Enrichments flow in from in-house expert review, validated user contributions and automated extraction.

Every reference, connected

Every document linked to what it cites and what cites it. A single regulation like GDPR carries more incoming references than any team could map by hand.

One data layer. Everywhere legal research happens

Legal-AI vendors, governments, universities, in-house legal teams and law firms all run on the same Moonlit Data Layer.

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One integration through the Data API, MCP or Platform. Live in a day.

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Trusted by over 7,000 legal-tech vendors, governments, judges, lawyers and researchers.

Structured, enriched and updated daily

Raw public sources, normalised into one queryable schema and refreshed every day.

Structured, enriched and updated daily

Raw public sources, normalised into one queryable schema and refreshed every day.

Trace every citation to its source

Each reference on the knowledge graph links back to the official text at the document level, never hallucinated.

Built for every legal AI workflow

Reach the same legal data layer through the Data API, the platform or any MCP-compatible client with one key.

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The Moonlit Data Layer powers legal AI and AI legal research, built on jurisdictions, sources, enrichments and citations.

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The Moonlit Data Layer is built from four layers, from top to bottom.

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Use the full layer for legal research in the platform, plug it into your product through the Data API or plug it into Claude, CoPilot, ChatGPT or any MCP-compatible client or assistant. One source of truth, no maintenance.

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Drop the legal data layer straight into your product.


• 30+ jurisdictions, one schema. Six search endpoints with reranked hybrid search.

• Trace the knowledge graph at the document level in a single call. Usage-based pricing.

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  • Any MCP-compatible client or assistant: Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT and the tools your team already use.

  • Verified citations with links to the official source.

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Research the full layer in Moonlit. No setup, no code.


  • Workspaces to organise research and share sources across your team.

  • Monitors that track legal changes and alert you as they happen.

  • Luna, the AI assistant, answers with source-traceable citations.

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The Moonlit Data API gave us a complete European corpus in days.

Siddharth Saxena, Product Manager at Eudia

Siddharth Saxena

Product Manager at Eudia

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The breadth, depth and quality of Moonlit's European legal data is something we rely on every day.

Remco Visser, Co-founder at Saga

Remco Visser

Co-Founder at Saga

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The partnership has made it significantly easier for us to give our customers access to the legal sources they need.

George Gowers, LegalMind CTO

George Gowers

Co-Founder & CTO

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What makes the Moonlit MCP genuinely valuable is combining it with custom Claude skills I have built for how I want a legal research question handled.

Lennard Van Mierlo, Legal at Quantoz Payments

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Legal at Quantoz Payments

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Built to the standard the law demands

Built to the standard the law demands

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