Data privacy

2 entries between March 2018 and May 2018, 2 turning points.

Turning points

  1. GDPR takes effect across the European Union

    Regulation (EU) 2016/679 became directly applicable in every member state on 25 May 2018, replacing the 1995 Data Protection Directive. It requires a lawful basis for processing personal data, mandates breach notification, and carries fines of up to 4% of global annual revenue.

  2. Reporting reveals Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data

    The Observer and The New York Times reported on 17 March 2018 that Cambridge Analytica had obtained data from up to 50 million Facebook profiles, collected through a personality-quiz app and used to build voter-targeting models. Facebook had suspended the firm a day earlier.

Every entry

  1. GDPR takes effect across the European Union

    Regulation (EU) 2016/679 became directly applicable in every member state on 25 May 2018, replacing the 1995 Data Protection Directive. It requires a lawful basis for processing personal data, mandates breach notification, and carries fines of up to 4% of global annual revenue.

  2. Reporting reveals Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data

    The Observer and The New York Times reported on 17 March 2018 that Cambridge Analytica had obtained data from up to 50 million Facebook profiles, collected through a personality-quiz app and used to build voter-targeting models. Facebook had suspended the firm a day earlier.