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Which of the following adopted a law on data protection and privacy for its citizens known as ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ in April 2016 and started implementation of it from 25th May, 2018?<\/p>\n

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\nThe correct answer is C) The European Union.
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\nThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individual citizens of the European Union and the European Economic Area. It was adopted in April 2016 and became enforceable from 25th May 2018.
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\nGDPR aims primarily to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU. It is one of the most significant data privacy regulations globally and has influenced data protection laws in many other countries outside the EU.
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