Yesterday, the European Union adopted a massive overhaul of data protection, with new privacy rules to be adopted in April 2018. These "major reforms" will replace the existing laws, which were created in 1995 and not adequately cover the technological progress since. the new reforms include two major components :. the General Regulation data protection (of GDPR) and the Directive on data protection
Regulation on the protection of general data (GDPR)
This law is designed to offer . citizens the best EU control over their personal data the GDPR aims to improve the protection of citizens' privacy as well as provide benefits for companies include the following:.
- More information on how the personal data of citizens is "processed"
- the data protection "by default" and "by design" in the products and services
- "Privacy-friendly" default settings for things like applications
- Portable personal data
- Clarification on the right to be forgotten
- 's consent user for companies to use data; the data can not be transferred without authorization
- Stricter enforcement, including "data protection authorities" and fines for companies that do not respect
- Less confusion with the new, unique rule (as opposed to 28 different rules)
the new rules will give back users the right to decide their own private data
- . Jan Philipp Albrecht
Directive on data protection
directive describes how personal data can be used by law enforcement in the . EU, and how this data is used in the criminal justice system It aims to:
- protect citizen rights to data protection in situations involving law enforcement and crime
- allow authorities to exchange information "efficient and effective"
- "Preventing crime in conditions of legal security, fully in accordance with the Charter of fundamental rights"
Conclusion
This overhaul isa big step forward, and the major effort to change the outdated legislation in the EU data and privacy online surrounding. In many ways, it includes positive protection, which gives users control and visibility into data usage. The Guardian described the rules as "revolutionary."
This news is also complicated by the fact that another law was approved yesterday in the EU, which will impose huge violations of privacy by enabling the sharing of massive data for all persons traveling in and out of the EU. We will cover this law next week, so be sure to check our website again and then
Sources: Ars Technica, Access Now, The Guardian
0 Komentar