Like a train speeding down the track, enforcement of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) begins in mere weeks, on May 25. Not only does all personally identifiable customer data need to be accounted for – an extremely challenging task for many organizations and their complex IT environments — – but internal processes also have to be updated and employees need to be educated to ensure companies don’t run afoul of the regulation.
GDPR applies not only to organizations within the EU, but to any, regardless of location, that processes personal data of EU citizens. This makes GDPR a major concern for any organization in the U.S. that handles Europeans’ personal data.
