INSIGHT
the business stage , the EU is set to introduce the GDPR on 25 May 2018 .
This new legislation replaces the Data Protection Directive ( DPD ) 95 / 46 / EC and is designed to create consistency in corporate data handling across the multiple jurisdictions in the union .
When the DPD was originally approved in 1995 , technologies such as third-party cloud storage and social media platforms were non-existent . Only around 1 % of EU citizens used the internet and the protocols for accessing information were tediously slow compared to the superfast fiber optic cable that supplies bandwidth to urban centres .
With the proliferation of new data types , data-mining techniques , digital marketing and the rise of smartphone technology , the need for legislation that handles the ubiquity has risen exponentially .
UK Business : ICO and the GDPR Does your business need to be GDPR compliant ? If you are UK-based , the
16 December 2017