Definition and description of General Data Protection Regulation –GDPR

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) defined as the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union for the protection of the individuals along with the personal data processing. It also includes the free movements of that particular data as well as repealing directive 95/46/EC. In 2016, this law was adopted but on May 2018, it becomes effective for preceding its relevant matters. There is the particular site that is developed for getting the information related to this law. It provides the accurate guidance that is issued by the authorities for the aid of the European Union in order to interpretation and explanation of this regulations that could be found at the. In the case of the noncompliance the penalties can be up to $ 20 million (Van Veen, 2018).

Impact of GDPR on profession of dietician

Due to the rapid growth of the disease and profession of dietician the GDPR is referred as the major cause of the concern for the professionals of the different areas. There is no exception for the nutrition professionals and health and the GDPR provides the accurate laws for the profession of dietician.  GDPR provides the new rules for the protections of the data in order to make sure that you and your organization is aware from main obligations that are applied in your country. The GDPR is the beneficial for the dieticians in their particular country because this provides the particular ways to the dietician to run their business. It explores the defined rules for the country and patients as well. Few of the dieticians are considers it as barriers for their business because they are unable to run the particular system for the security and safety of the data of patients (Bocong Yua, 2019).     

References of General Data Protection Regulation –GDPR

Bocong Yua, J. L. (2019). The Policy Effect of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the Digital Public Health Sector in the European Union: An Empirical Investigation. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 16(6).

Van Veen, E. B. (2018). Observational health research in Europe: understanding the General Data Protection Regulation and underlying debate. European Journal of Cancer, 104(1), 70-80.