General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation, or "GDPR" for short, is a regulation issued by the European Union on May 25, 2018, which is formerly known as the Computer Data Protection Act enacted by the EU in 1995. The GDPR was created to provide data subjects with more control over their personal information and to help ensure that their personal information is adequately protected when it is collected, stored and processed by companies. Any company operating business in the EU must comply with the rules and regulations set forth in the GDPR, otherwise, the company will face significant fines.

The goal of the GDPR is to allow EU citizens to protect their personal information better.