GDPR is now six months old – it’s time to take an assessment of the regulation’s impact so far. At first blush, it would appear very little has changed. There are no well-publicized actions being taken against offenders. No large fines levied. So does this mean its yet another regulation that will be ignored? Actually, nothing could be farther from the truth.
The day GDPR came into law complaints were filed by data subjects against Facebook and Google. Complaints – that does not sound like action by regulators, in fact, it’s not – its action taken by lawyers. GDPR is a much-evolved form of European regulation allowing data subjects to file suits against data collectors whom they believe are violating their rights.
