General Data Protection Regulation

Our data is all accross the internet and in the databases of all institutions/companies we ever dealt with or services of which we used. But is our data secure? With businesses collecting and using increasingly large amounts of customer data using IT tools , the last few decades have found it increasingly imperative to make effective laws to protect user data. Cyber crimes like identity theft, misuse or sale of personal data to advertisers, account hacking, data leaks from company databases etc. are all on the rise and we need measures to counter this menace... A major stride forward in this regard has been the General Data Protection Regulation, which was implemented in the European Union in 2018. The General Data Protection Regulation is a regulation which addresses data protection and privacy in the European Union ( & Economic area) and the transfer of personal data outside the EU/EEA. KEY DETAILS Purpose- Data Protection and Priva...