EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a privacy and security law that applies to any organization that collects or uses data from EU residents. Passed into law in 2018, anyone who violates the regulation is subject to harsh fines up to tens of millions of euros.
GDPR Goals
The GDPR’s aim is to protect data privacy and security, especially when technologies such as the Cloud are gaining prominence.