The General Data Protection Regulation, or "GDPR" - “Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC. - was published 4 May 2016. Enforceable after a grace period of two year,  from the 28th of May 2018. 