Personal data issues are not a new concept
The explosion of social networks
If a few years ago, there were only a few social networks, this is no longer the case today. Over the years, a few hundred social networks have emerged and developed ! Given the current situation, these social networks have become the future of the Internet.
The NSA’s generalized surveillance program
Which collects personal data on a globalised and large scale
Companies limiting their liability to that of subcontractors
When in reality they act as data controllers
The emergence of cloud computing
With the explosion of the volume of personal data, the applicability of the GDPR, companies must adapt or face the risk of disappearing
As a result, the European legislator published in 2012 a first version of a new legislation called the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in order to better protect the personal data of the data subjects (individuals).
After 4 years of negotiation and lobbying by companies, the GDPR was adopted – to everyone’s surprise – by the Council and the European Parliament in April 2016.
After a grace period of 2 years, the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) has been in force since 25 May 2018.