General Data Protection Regulation

In May 2018 EUs General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) finally replaced Directive 95/46/EC.

You can read or download the official document in all EU languages and several formats as EUR-Lex Document 32016R0679.

Intro

While there is some fear about it because of penalties up to max (20 Mio. EUR; 4% of annual worldwide sales), others see chances for FOSS:

Marc Jones: FOSS and the GDPR - Overview of key changes to EU privacy law that FOSS can use to promote individual's privacy and autonomy (slides, video) at FOSDEM 2017.