Tabled by the Luxembourgish deputy in 2012, the GDPR sets out to establish a single set of
data protection rules across the 28 member states, to the benefit of both citizens and businesses.
But the wider aim is for the regulation to harmonize as much as possible
data protection rules across all Member States to reduce the regulatory burden on digital businesses trading around the bloc.
But the wider aim is for the regulation to harmonize as much as possible
data protection rules across all Member States to reduce the regulatory burden on digital businesses trading around the bloc.
Not exact matches
It replaces a previous law called the
Data Protection Directive and is aimed at harmonizing
rules across the 28 - nation EU bloc.
Hopefully European scientists will be successful in influencing a bill intended to protect patient privacy and harmonize
data -
protection rules across the continent — but which threatens to inhibit research, Tania Rabesandratana writes in a News & Analysis article.
The European Parliament has approved stricter
rules for the
protection of personal
data across the European Union, dealing a blow to research organizations that said the changes would undermine public health and medical research.
The UDG and other supervisory authorities
across the EU may use any equivalent Court of Justice
ruling as authority for taking action against such companies on the basis that they are
data controllers who are infringing
data protection laws.
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Data Protection Regulations, the latest ICO
rulings and updates from
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A single set of
rules on
data protection, valid
across the EU.
The forthcoming update to the EC's
data protection directive — another big EU reform still in train but which Jourová confirmed will be completed this year — is also set to harmonize
rules across national
data protection authorities.
The current European
data protection directive was adopted back in 1995 so updating the bloc's
rules to keep pace with seismic shifts in technology is the overarching aim here, along with a parallel push to harmonize regulations
across the region with the goal of creating a so - called «Digital Single Market» to simplify operations for businesses selling services in Europe.
Tech giant Apple's privacy policies and
rules are already aligned with the forthcoming General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that becomes law on 25 May
across the EU.
The GDPR was introduced to harmonize existing
data protection laws
across Europe, strengthen
data protection rules in the digital...