Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, comes into force May 25. It increases regulation on business and adds rights for individuals. It also increases penalties for noncompliance. “But the biggest impact for businesses lies in the heightened emphasis on transparency and the requirement to obtain informed consent, where consent is appropriate,” writes Staffing Industry Analysts’ Fiona Coombe in a new article in Staffing Industry Review magazine. Director of legal and regulatory research, Coombe discusses the impact on staffing firms both within and outside of the European Union.