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General Data Protection Regulation<\/strong> is the abbreviation for GDPR<\/strong>. Regulated in Europe by the European Union, GDPR is the major factor that needs to be considered for the data protection and privacy for all the users within in the European Union. When it is referred as European Union, it reflects on to the European Economic Area, applies to the enterprises registered within the European Union irrespective of the location and also the enterprises that has business ties with the companies or doing business within the European Economic Area (EEA). Who will be affected by GDPR?<\/strong> What data will be protected under GDPR?<\/strong> Need for Data Protection Officer:<\/strong> General Data Protection Regulation is the abbreviation for GDPR. Regulated in Europe by the European Union, GDPR is the major factor that needs to be considered for the data protection and privacy for all the users within in the European Union. When it is referred as European Union, it reflects on to the European […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1353],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gdpr"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSuccessor to the Data Protection Directive, GDPR allows individuals with more power to demand companies reveal or delete the personal data they hold; regulators will be able to work in concert across the EU for the first time, rather than having to launch separate actions in each jurisdiction; Maximum fine while failing to enforce GDPR compliance will reach over \u20ac20m or 4% of the company\u2019s global turnover.<\/p>\n
\nFirms processing consumer data, for instance the technology firms and data providers will be the major ones who will be affected by the implementation of GDPR. The largest impact will be on the firms whose business strategy relies on collecting and exploiting user data.
\nTechnology giants such as Facebook, Google and Apple have been affected big time by this. Recently, almost every technology giant broadcasted a new set of Terms and Conditions to all the users and even forced them to agree to it. A good example of this scenario was carried out by the Mark Zuckerberg led Facebook. It also went a step further by nudging them to opt in for the facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n
\nThe two major rights under GDPR are the right of erasure, or the right to be forgotten. If a user doesn\u2019t want their data out there, then they have the right to request for its removal or erasure.\u00a0Another major right is the right of portability. “opt-in\/opt-out” clauses will become mandatory.
\nGDPR requires full consent and justification.\u00a0The following user data will be addressed and covered:<\/p>\n\n
\nCompanies which collect user data should appoint a data protection officer who regularly monitor individuals “on a large scale”, according to the GDPR legislation.
\nThe sole purpose of data protection officer is to inform and advise the organisation about meeting GDPR requirements, and monitoring the compliance. They’ll also act as the data protection authority’s primary point of contact, and will be expected to cooperate with the authority.
\nGDPR has been active since 25th of May and an organization which hasn\u2019t made itself complaint to GDPR should immediately contact a data protection officer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"