The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) this week celebrates its second anniversary. For many organisations, it may seem that the GDPR has become business as usual; one of many elements of their global compliance strategy. For many others, it remains a continuous struggle.
The two year anniversary is an important milestone for the GDPR, since this is the moment the European Commission was supposed to present the first evaluation of the application of the Regulation. Unfortunately, the report has been delayed until the start of the summer. Some of the lessons learned are nevertheless crystal clear.
Overall, the GDPR has been a success In preparatory analysis for the European Commission’s review, the EU Member States, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB – the assembly of all EU supervisory authorities) and even industry groups, like the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, all agree: overall, the GDPR has been a success. Especially in the private sector, the Regulation has seen a big increase of awareness for privacy and data protection issues. Many organisations have implemented far-reaching privacy programs, to ensure the personal data of their employees, business partners and customers is well protected. And if something goes wrong, they are much more forthcoming to report a breach than was the case in the past, if you look at the total number of data breaches reported thus far.
Also the ‘extraterritorial’ influence of the GDPR is noticeable. Countries around the world have adopted legislation to bring ..
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