Regulators are set to exercise their new powers by handing out fines and even temporary bans on companies that breach a new EU privacy law, with the first round of sanctions expected by the end of the year, the bloc's privacy chief said.
New European privacy regulations went into effect on Friday that will force companies to be more attentive to how they handle customer data.
If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people's online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook users around the world would be protected by it. The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller.
With a new round of Brexit negotiations beginning Monday, the U.K. is seeking to ensure that businesses sending personal information to or through the UK are not left stranded when the country leaves the EU.
In this paper, we’ll look at some of the key principles of the GDPR, what those principles mean for security and compliance teams and how you can prepare your organisation for the 2018 deadline. Make no mistake: The GDPR will require organisations that collect and process EU citizen data to undertake major operational reforms. The GDPR is a huge body of legislation, so this paper will focus on some specific areas where security, communications and compliance specialists will need to prepare.
