It is hard to keep up to date on changing laws and legislation and, often, we are unaware of how the protection of our rights has changed. In the world of data protection, change is afoot with the introduction of the EU GDPR – the EU General Data Protection Regulation. This is a legal framework that will sweep away the existing patchwork of current regimes that is in place across all the EU member states. First proposed by the European Commission back in 2012, it aims to boost online privacy rights and strengthen the digital economy of the EU. The