EU data privacy shake-up is simply rubbish in Piraeus

Rarely has a four-letter acronym struck so much terror and caused so much chaos in shipping company offices across Europe and beyond.

But the innocent-sounding GDPR is doing just that, causing executives and managers nightmares in the run-up to implementation on 25 May.

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, to give it its full name, touches any organisation that processes the personal data of consumers and citizens inside the EU.