EU Data Privacy agreement brings risk as well as opportunity

Pan European data protection has taken a big step forward, with the EU finally agreeing the draft text for new data privacy rules. But the agreement creates risk for the technology sector, alongside expanded opportunities.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Directive are expected to be in place by 2017/18 but suppliers need to understand the implications and get their strategies, services, technologies and partner ecosystems in order well before that. The implications will take some time to work through but we have compiled our initial reactions on the impact for suppliers in HotViewsExtra. Subscribers can click here to see our first take or you can contact Deb Seth for details about a TechMarketView subscription. 

Posted by Angela Eager at '19:31' - Tagged: security   regulation   EU