The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is legislation that updated and unified data privacy laws across the European Union (EU). The GDPR was approved by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016, and went into effect on May 25, 2018. It replaces the EU Data Protection Directive of...
The GDPR requires the controller and the processor to designate a DPO to oversee data security strategy and GDPR compliance. Companies are required to have a DPO if they process or store large amounts of EU citizen data, process or store special personal data, regularly monitor ...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a sweeping law initiated by the European Union (EU) and its legislative European Commission (EC) branch that provides European citizens more protection of personal data with a supervisory authority seeking to clarify rules and responsibilities for online...
GDPR is a piece of legislation that was approved in April 2016. European authorities have given companies two years to comply and it came into force Friday. It replaces a previous law called the Data Protection Directive and is aimed at harmonizing rules across the 28-nation EU bloc. ...
So far, GDPR issued its most significant fine of €50 million after the French data protection watchdog CNIL accused Google of processing people’s data for advertising.What is the reach of GDPR legislation? GDPR applies to every business within the EU and every business outside of the EU ...
The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, (or EU Regulation 2016/679 if you want to be official) is one of the most significant and wide-ranging pieces of legislation passed relating to technology and the internet. Approved by the European Union in April 2016, and having come into fo...
GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. GDPR is the core of Europe’s digital privacy legislation, which became law in the European Union on May 25, 2018. GDPR introduced new obligations to data controllers (who own the customer relationship) and data processors (who handle data on...
What’s GDPR compliance? The GDPR is a 2018 European Union (EU)data privacy and security lawthat regulates the processing of personal data to give consumers more transparency and control over their personal data. In a nutshell,the GDPR details a series ofregulations that companies must follow wh...
What does GDPR mean for businesses? GDPR establishes one law across the continent and a single set of rules which apply to companies doing business within EU member states. This means the reach of the legislation extends further than the borders of Europe itself, as international organisations bas...
“The main response for GDPR has been to put in place a dashboard where people can adjust the data sharing permissions from one central location. That for me has been a real shame,” Gold says. “The preference center is an easy way out of GDPR, but none of the research we’ve done...