The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new EU data protection regime approved by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016, which is due to come into force on May 25, 2018, and replace the existing Data Protection Directive and the Data Protection Act.
The purpose of the GDPR is to provide greater harmonisation by introducing a single legal framework that applies across all EU member states. Some of the key provisions of GDPR are:
The effect of Brexit on the GDPR
The GDPR is due to take effect in the UK on May 25, 2018, and since the government triggered Article 50 in March 2017, it will have come into force before we leave the EU in 2019.
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