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Keeping Pace in the GDPR Race: A Global View of Progress

In preparation for GDPR compliance, organizations around the globe worked months in advance of the deadline to ensure compliance. But what happened after the date of effectiveness? McDermott set out to learn how companies fared across the United States, Europe, China and Japan.

In digging deeper, we discovered valuable findings, including:

  • Countries and regions are at different points in their GDPR compliance awareness and execution journeys.
  • Businesses across the globe continue to face challenges in understanding and responding to EU data breaches, despite making investments in new personnel and changing business practices.

In partnership with the Ponemon Institute, we released our latest study, “Keeping Pace in the GDPR Race: A Global View of GDPR Progress in the United States, Europe, China and Japan.” This report sheds new insight and provides ways to improve resiliency and mitigate risk for your company.

Click here to see our key findings and download the report. 

 




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GDPR 6 Months After Implementation: Where are We Now?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was the biggest story of 2018 in the field of global privacy and data protection. The GDPR became enforceable in European Union Member States on May 25, 2018, significantly expanding the territorial reach of EU data protection law and introducing numerous changes that affected the way organizations globally process the personal data of their EU customers, employees and suppliers. These important changes required action by companies and institutions around the world. In almost six months after the GDPR’s effective date, organizations are still working on compliance—and will be for years to come.

Critical provisions

The GDPR applies to organizations inside and outside the EU. Organizations “established” inside the EU, essentially meaning a business or unit located in the EU, must comply with the GDPR if they process personal data in the context of that establishment. The GDPR also applies to organizations outside the EU that offer goods or services to, or monitor the behavior of, individuals located in the EU.

The GDPR uses other terms not familiar to US businesses but which need to be understood. Both “data controllers” and “data processors” have obligations under the GDPR, and data subjects can bring actions directly against either or both of those parties. A data controller is an organization that has control over and determines how and why to process data. A data controller is often, but not always, the organization that has the direct relationship with the data subject (the individual about whom the data pertains). A data processor is an organization that processes personal data on behalf of a data controller, typically a vendor or service provider. The GDPR defines “processing” to mean any operation or set of operations performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means (e.g., collection, recording, storage, alteration, use, disclosure and structuring).

The GDPR also broadly defines “personal data” as any information directly or indirectly relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as a name, identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. Organizations in the US are used to a narrower definition of personal data, which typically includes information that, if breached, would put an individual at risk of identity theft or fraud and require notice (e.g., Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and financial account, credit and debit card numbers). (more…)




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