The last year has seen significant changes to European Privacy. Last April theEU approved the GDPR, a comprehensive replacement for the European Privacyregime. The GDPR is a technology neutral regulation that has wide spreadimpacts on how individuals and business will use computers and the Internetworldwide. Free Software has an opportunity to help achieve the goal of theGDPR by baking in privacy and compliance into free software. This presentationwill talk about key elements of the GDPR that free software is positioned totake advantage of to increase adoption of free software and promote privacy. This presentation will discuss what the General Data Protection Regulation is,the scope of its impact, and how FOSS developers can align their efforts withthe GDPR to promote individual's privacy and on-line autonomy. Topics covered will include: what the GDPR is; who it applies to; andimportant legal rights such as the right to be forgotten, data portability,privacy by design and auditing requirements. By becoming aware of the demandsthe GDPR will be placing on organizations using FOSS, developers can invest inimprovements to their projects that help organizations comply in a way thatbenefits individuals.