Response to Privacy

GDPR, which stands for General Data Protection Regulation, was passed in 2016 by the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, and the European Parliament. Essentially, GDPR is just the new European security and privacy law. So what makes it new? Well, GDPR now keeps the exchange, process, usage, and storage of data in accord across the European Union. In addition, there are new specific actions to be taken regarding security.

As people in the United States, we should care about being compliant with the European Union regulation because according to Parth Shrivastava of Hackernoon, “A PwC survey showed that 92 percent of U.S. companies consider GDPR a top data protection priority.” In addition, because the United States has numerous ties with the European Union, especially in terms of tech companies, security services, etc., it is imperative to understand GDPR and how it could affect relations of the U.S. with the E.U.