{"id":25153,"date":"2023-02-28T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingweb.trainingindustry.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=25153"},"modified":"2023-02-28T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:30:33","slug":"general-data-protection-regulations-gdpr","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/glossary\/general-data-protection-regulations-gdpr\/","title":{"rendered":"General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)"},"template":"","class_list":["post-25153","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"main_content":"<strong>The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)<\/strong> is a European Union regulation aimed at protecting EU citizens' privacy and strengthening organizations' accountability and governance of data. Beginning May 25, 2018, organizations must comply with the regulation, or they will be fined up to \u20ac20 million, or 4% of their worldwide annual revenue. 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