Cloud Computing: EU Data Protection three years on -Playing catch up with a changing world

February 22, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from ITProPortal.  Author: Sue Trembley.

In January 2012, new EU rules designed to create a secure and unified landscape for the collection, use and retention of data were announced.  The changes in regulation were based in part on consumer research undertaken two years earlier and aimed to reflect growing concerns around online data privacy, the evolving digital landscape and globalisation.

The new rules would give individuals greater control over their personal data, make businesses more accountable for that data – with stricter requirements for protection and penalties around data breaches, for example – and commit EU member states to a set of consistent, legally-enforced regulations and rigid definitions…


Companies outside the EU would have to abide by these rules.  But three years is a long time in the rapidly evolving digital universe, and it is likely to be another year before the proposals are finally agreed upon…

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