By Joseph Fields (June 19, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT) -- The General Data Protection Regulation is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union. It addresses the export of personal data outside the EU. The GDPR aims primarily to give control back to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU. When the GDPR takes effect, it will replace the 1995 Data Protection Directive, Directive 95/46/EC. The GDPR was adopted on April 27, 2016, and becomes effective May 25, 2018. Unlike a directive, it does not require national governments to pass any enabling legislation and so it is directly binding and applicable....
Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions.
