What’s GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a piece of EU legislation which becomes enforceable in all EU countries from May 25, 2018. It’s designed to make it simpler for people to control how organisations use their personal details. As part of the new regulation, all organisations which hold data on people (eg. name, address, email address) are obliged to obtain the individuals’ consent to retain and use that data in specific ways, even though they may have given this consent in the past.

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