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A much better example would be GDPR, which comes into force EU-wide in about two months.
by cyphar 9y ago
A much better example would be GDPR, which comes into force EU-wide in about two months.
- tremon 9y agoActually, the regulation itself already is in force, and has been since the day it was ratified. There's just a moratorium on enforcement in the first two years of this EU directive, so that business (and society) has time to adjust to the new reality. The distinction may be very subtle, but it's important to know that following the 25th of May, businesses can no longer claim to be "in the process" of implementing it -- they have already had two years to prepare.
- closeparen 9y agoAmerican businesses did not need to prepare until Safe Harbor fell through much more recently.
- tremon 9y agoSafe Harbour was overturned in October 2015 (so half a year before the GDPR was ratified), according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Privacy_Principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Priv...