What Is The General Data Protection Regulation, Why Should I Care And What Should I Do About It?

While all the media's attention in the last six months has been lavished on Brexit and President Trump, there's one particular news story that is still not getting a huge amount of attention but which is going to affect businesses across Jersey - regardless of the UK's position within the EU and regardless of US foreign policy - sooner than you might think.

The General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR) is an EU-wide reform of privacy and data protection legislation that is due to take effect from 25 May 2018.  It is a major update of Europe's data privacy laws that has been born from the era of Big Data and mobile technology. At its heart, the GDPR is about:

• Giving new rights for members of the public to control their data (including the much-discussed "Right to be Forgotten");