2 March 2017 GDPR applies to: Each employer in EU Each company offering products and/or services for individuals in the EU and monitoring their behavior, including companies that have and does not their headquarters in the EU All companies that process personal data of EU citizens on behalf of other companies. New: focused on EU citizens rather than EU companies GDPR: when does it start? Currently, we are in the transition period, set up for entrepreneurs, in order to fully implement regulation, which will be fully applicable from May 25th 2018. Transition period is an opportunity for ensuring the compliance with GDPR in the legal, technology and security areas. GDPR will not apply until 25 May 2018. However, as it contains some onerous obligations, many of which will take time to prepare for, it will have an immediate impact. GDPR: significant fines New: Violating the regulation may result in financial penalties: 20 M euro or 4% of the global turnover Personal Data: ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly New: location, online identifiers, genetic and biometric data Personal Data Processing refers to: collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction; Specific risk: profiling, processing sensitive personal data, biometric and CCTV monitoring on a large scale GDPR Basic information you need to know