The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May 2018. GDPR is intended to protect the privacy of EU citizens, and give regulatory bodies the power to act against non-compliant organizations. It affects member states in the EU, but not all of the EU’s members, but all of them will be affected by the new rules. The European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC is set to replace the EU Data Protection directive 95/47/EC, which comes into force in 2018.”]