General Data Protection Regulation

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European regulation for protecting the personal data of persons in the EU.

UK implementation

Meetings with industry

An FoI request shows that DCMS are consulting with a wide range of industry stakeholders with regard to implementing the GDPR. These range from

• the Wellcome Trust and pharmaceutical research;
• the financial industries; the retail industry;
• IBM and Google through to
• the arts sector.

External links

• Text of the Regulation
• ICO overview
• wikipedia: General Data Protection Regulation