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What Does GDPR Mean For African Startups?
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GDPR goes into effect tomorrow, Mat 25. (Credit: techeconomy) Share
From May 25 (tomorrow), GDPR will officially go into effect and businesses collecting, manipulating or transferring any kind of personal data from EU citizens or on EU soil will be legally required to implement certain changes that allow users of the services/platforms greater control over their personal data. What is GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is today’s version of 1995’s Data Protection Directive, which was adopted in the early days of the Internet. The point of this regulation is “…to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy,” in other words: giving data owners better control over their data. GDPR requires businesses that are collecting/storing any kind of personal data of EU citizens, or with any kind of personal data operations on EU soil, to:More from this Author
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