GDPR: Life after deadline

The new regulation may no longer dominate the headlines, but the task of enforcing new data laws has only just begun. Quinton O’Reilly reports

The General Data Protection Regulation protects the privacy of citizens in Europe, but has major implications for businesses

The hustle and bustle around GDPR has quietened down since it came into effect. But May was just the beginning of a much harder process.

With more than a month gone since it came into effect, GDPR is starting to cause small ripples.

Recent research by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) found that Ireland’s data protection commission received 547 data breach notifications and 386 complaints in the first month alone.

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