GDPR which stands for General Data Protection Regulation was announced by EU parliament and The Council of the EU in april 2016. This change will cover European Union area and this big change will take direct effect in may 25th in Poland. Some laws will change and some will stop counting.

The last amendments regarding the protection of personal data were recorded in the 1990s. Since then, the world has changed and we are in the era of digitization. The amount of data and information that we generate, process and store has grown significantly, as a result of which the old rules are no longer adequate to the current situation, and they do not match to today’s lifestyle and work. The GDPR introduces new rules and obligations that have a broader concept in the field of personal data protection, a greater global coverage and higher fine rates for non-compliance.

Some of the main changes, in a short:

  • new rule about how we store data -easier access (providing more information about the way we process data; provide it in a clear and easy to understand format).
  • new rule about data migration.
  • new laws regarding deleting data (“your right to be forgotten”).
    new laws in regards to informing people in case of hackers attack on data ( companies will also be obliged to inform certain gov. bodies about such cases).
  • new technologies providing more data security.