Robert Bond (robert.bond@bristows.com) is Partner & Notary Public at Bristows LLP in London, United Kingdom.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018 and comprises an expanded approach toward the protection of the rights of individuals in relation to their personal data in the EU. It is extraterritorial in that it applies to controllers and processors both inside and outside (in certain circumstances) the EU. The applicability of the GDPR falls into two distinct categories.