Harmonisation of data protection within the EU brings benefits
The General Data Protection Regulation was adopted in May this year. The implementation of the GDPR must be implemented by May 2018 in every company that collects personal data or whose purpose is to work with personal data. Below we explain the benefits of the GDPR.
- Standardisation at EU level
- The level of data protection will be harmonised.
- Tightening of the conditions of consent. The data subject must be informed exactly what he or she has consented to.
- There is a Europe-wide obligation to appoint a data protection officer under the Basic Data Protection Regulation.
- A group privilege has been introduced. This includes the possibility of obtaining relief with regard to the transfer of data within a group.
- Harmonisation of authorities through the European Data Protection Committee
- Right to be forgotten
- Broadening of the understanding of “personal data
- Higher fines
Overall, the General Data Protection Regulation enables the protection of personal data to be strengthened within the European and more global context of the corporate world.