{"id":814,"date":"2017-09-20T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.4.102\/?p=814"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:27:56","slug":"general-data-protection-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compusystems.com\/events\/general-data-protection-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"General Data Protection Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_single_image media=”815″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”168025″]International visitors and exhibitors are an important segment of trade show participation.\u00a0 Some organizers even offer special visitor programs and exhibitor pavilions to their overseas participants.\u00a0 The rules that govern how we handle the personal information associated with these participants have changed.<\/p>\n

You may already be aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since it has made the news with some regularity recently. \u00a0But what it is and what it entails may still be a mystery.\u00a0 This will help to clarify the GDPR.<\/p>\n

What is GDPR?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The GDPR, agreed upon by the European Parliament and Council in April, 2016, which\u00a0 on May 25, 2018, will replace its predecessor, the Data Protection Directive, is Europe\u2019s primary law regulating how companies protect European Union (EU) citizens’ personal data.<\/p>\n

What constitutes personal data?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

According to the GDPR website (http:\/\/www.eugdpr.org\/<\/a>), \u2018personal data\u2019 is any information related to a natural person (a \u2018data subject\u2019), that can be used to directly or indirectly identify the person. It can be anything from a name, a photo, an email address, bank details, posts on social networking websites, medical information, or a computer IP address.<\/p>\n

What does GDPR do?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In short, the GDPR imposes a uniform data security law on all EU members so that each member state no longer needs to write its own data protection laws, and so that laws are consistent across the entire EU. \u00a0Furthermore, any company that provides goods or services to EU residents, regardless of its location, is subject to the regulation.\u00a0 Consequently, GDPR will have an impact on data protection requirements globally.<\/p>\n

Some of the key privacy and data protection requirements of the GDPR include:<\/p>\n