With more and more people around the world becoming computer literate, we rarely give a second thought when passing around or email or name. It’s become increasingly easier to share documents, check our bank accounts, make payments or check our bills online. On the flip side of this, it begs the question, who can see our data? What happens to our information after we enter it? This confidential information could be as serious as banking, addresses or contacts. But it can also be classed as smaller things that we take for granted such as our IP address, browsing history and the things we post up on social media. Almost every company you encounter online will collect this data under a guise of bringing you more relevant information and serving you better. But, is this really the case?
What is the GDPR?
The EU have been asking the question of what companies really use all of this data for, to monitor their guidelines. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is the outcome of this question. The GDPR changed the way that each company and business store their user information, customer details and data. This act came into place on the 25th of May 2018. It has been added into all privacy laws in the EEA and EU area. Any company that intends to collect and store data from their customers will have to abide by it, regardless of what country their customers are from. This legislation ensures that all consumers are protected to the best of their ability and have the most control over who sees their personal information. There are a number of rights that the GDPR gives people, some of these include:
Conclusion
Implementing the GDPR is the EU’s main strategy to overcome the many data breach issues it had been facing over the past few years. It keeps consumers safe and happy knowing that companies will not breach their data protection rights for any kind of monetary gain. There are significant punishments for companies that will continue to do this in the future.
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