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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective 25 May 2018

Online since 16-03-2018
Everyone has heard about it and many know something about what it includes, the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective 25 May 2018.
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organisations across the region approach data privacy. Is it described as thé most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years and there are several (national) websites with information on the topic available including www.eugdpr.org