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The GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation - is a new set of laws that deal with data protection in Europe.  It is meant to create legal standards that will apply to all the EU countries. The GDPR contains changes for the public as well as businesses and organizations that handle personal information, like Democrats Abroad. In a nutshell, "it ensures that consumers own their private information and thus have the right to control its usage and that internet companies have an obligation to give consumers the tools to exercise that control."^*

What do I need to know about GDPR?

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We collect personal information at DA.  GDPR changes expands the existing definition of personal data and lays out new standards regarding the use of this data. In addition to this, individuals now have more rights regarding who holds their data and how it can GDPR specifies that EU residents own their personal data and can therefore control how it may be used.  

Personal data will be defined as anything that can identify an individual. This means a name, an email, an address, a phone number, credit card details, or a pseudonym, among other things.

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