The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will unify data protection and simplify the use of personal data across the EU from 25 May 2018, when it will automatically supersede member states domestic data protection laws.

It will also apply to every organisation in the world that processes personal information of EU residents.

The Regulation introduces a number of key changes for all organisations that process EU residents personal data.

EU GDPR: A Pocket Guideprovides an essentiall introduction to this new data protection law, explaining the Regulation and setting out the compliance obligations for EU organisations.