The General Data Protection Regulation applicable as of 25 May 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (full name: Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive, hereafter: the "Regulation") entered into force on 24 May 2016 and will become effective as from 25 May 2018. The Regulation will repeal the current legal framework of data protection in Europe which is based on the Directive 95/46/EC (hereafter: the "Directive") which was implemented in the Member States in different ways, resulting in a fragmented level of protection.

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