> After four years of deliberation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was officially adopted by the European Union in 2016. The regulation gave comp

> After four years of deliberation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was officially adopted by the European Union in 2016. The regulation gave companies a two-year runway to get compliant, which is theoretically plenty of time to get shipshape. The reality is messier. Like term papers and tax returns, there are people who get it done early, and then there’s the rest of us. That gets me the most. It seems like most companies didn't give a single f*ck about the legislation until maybe the beginning of this year - many far later. Of course, they are scrambling now to comply because they didn't start early enough