What these new privacy laws/regulations will mean for users in 9 points
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:46 am
European privacy laws have just received a major boost: the European Parliament has approved the first fundamental change to data protection legislation in the EU in the last 20 years. MEPs also voted in favour of a resolution calling for the suspension of a key deal affecting US web-based companies. More information can be found in this article on GIGAOM .
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EU privacy laws apply to the processing of data albania whatsapp number data 5 million of EU citizens, even if such data is processed in another country.
A court or tribunal in a country outside the EU will not be able to demand the transfer or disclosure of personal data of an EU citizen (as with the previous point, it would be interesting to see how this is enforced).
Fines for failing to comply with these regulations can be as high as €100 million, or up to five percent of a company's annual turnover, whichever is greater. In other words, companies like Google would face much larger fines for privacy breaches than the paltry sums they have to pay at present, making ignoring legislation in the EU much more difficult.
People should express their consent to the processing of this personal data, and should be able to withdraw that consent just as easily. This would create a culture of having to choose to join the service, rather than the current norm of having to choose to leave the service.
People have the right to retrieve their personal data from whoever holds it, in an interoperable and commonly used electronic format. This would represent a victory for activists, such as Europe v Facebook .
As the regulation harmonises EU data protection law, UR citizens who wish to lodge a complaint about a violation of their privacy rights in any EU member state can do so with their local data protection agency, in the member state of their choice. This makes it much easier to get around the fact that there are US web companies whose European operations are registered in Ireland, a country with relatively weak privacy regulations. Again, a win for activists.
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EU privacy laws apply to the processing of data albania whatsapp number data 5 million of EU citizens, even if such data is processed in another country.
A court or tribunal in a country outside the EU will not be able to demand the transfer or disclosure of personal data of an EU citizen (as with the previous point, it would be interesting to see how this is enforced).
Fines for failing to comply with these regulations can be as high as €100 million, or up to five percent of a company's annual turnover, whichever is greater. In other words, companies like Google would face much larger fines for privacy breaches than the paltry sums they have to pay at present, making ignoring legislation in the EU much more difficult.
People should express their consent to the processing of this personal data, and should be able to withdraw that consent just as easily. This would create a culture of having to choose to join the service, rather than the current norm of having to choose to leave the service.
People have the right to retrieve their personal data from whoever holds it, in an interoperable and commonly used electronic format. This would represent a victory for activists, such as Europe v Facebook .
As the regulation harmonises EU data protection law, UR citizens who wish to lodge a complaint about a violation of their privacy rights in any EU member state can do so with their local data protection agency, in the member state of their choice. This makes it much easier to get around the fact that there are US web companies whose European operations are registered in Ireland, a country with relatively weak privacy regulations. Again, a win for activists.