| New 
data protection regulations from 25th May 2018 
 What 
is GDPR?
 The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation 
in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European 
Union. It will come into force on Friday 25th May 2018 in all EU Member States, 
including the United Kingdom. These regulations will replace the existing data 
protection legislation and introduce a more rigorous data protection regime. The 
GDPR governs the collection, storage and handling of personal data which is information 
that can be used to identify an individual person directly or indirectly.
 
 Posted: 
180326 & updated 180408
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data protection regulations With new data protection regulations coming 
into force on 25th May 2018, all organisations handling personal data have had 
to review their procedures for collecting and handling personal data. Our briefing 
note aims to set out the purpose and use of the data the V8 Register collects 
and holds and also to encourage members to update their data, make enquiries as 
to the data held on the V8 Database, have access to their data, make any corrections, 
and give the V8 Registrar notice if they object to our holding their data and 
if they wish have their data erased.  See our new data protection 
briefing note
 
 The V8 Register encourages 
you to contact the V8 Registrar to discuss any matter relating to the data you 
have supplied and which is held by the V8 Register. Should you wish to amend any 
or all of the data details held by the V8 Register or if you wish remove any or 
all of the data so held, please contact the V8 Registrar. Contacts
 
 We 
will never share your data without your prior permission and certainly never sell 
it.
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