Abine Blog – 6.21.18 (6.19.18)
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is meant to give power over personal data back to the individual whose data is being held. It has been implemented in all European countries, codifies several rights for European citizens over data holding and use, and applies to any ‘data controller’ holding the personal information of any of these citizens. A ‘data controller’ is defined as a person or body which “determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data” [Article 4(7)] (think Facebook, or Google). This way, GDPR improves the privacy of European citizens, or at least is supposed to.
Read more: GDPR is Good. Blur is Better.