{"id":33041,"date":"2018-04-03T09:19:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.veonio.com\/?p=33041"},"modified":"2019-08-12T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T08:32:28","slug":"gdpr-general-data-protection-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veonio.com\/insights\/gdpr-general-data-protection-regulation","title":{"rendered":"How Will General Data Protection Regulation Affect You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

General Data Protection Regulation<\/a> (or short GDPR) is new legislation referring to personal data and how it\u2019s stored. It\u2019s European legislation but it will influence websites and businesses outside Europe as well if the website is accessed by users in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is general data protection?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The General Data Protection was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to remake the way organizations across the region approach data privacy. After four years of preparation and debate, the GDPR was finally approved by the EU Parliament on 14 April 2016. Enforcement date: 25 May 2018<\/strong> – at which time those organizations in non-compliance may face heavy fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This European legislation applies to any data collection which will impact European citizens. It will include most websites around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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