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In the wake of the Facebook data sharing episode the European Union has upgraded it's General Data Protection Regulation aka GDPR. These come into effect on May 25th. Some key aspects of the new regulations,
The bottom line is that none of us really know what personal data has been stored and who it has been shared with. As an example I keep getting pop up banner ads that are too target specific not to be the result of data sharing. These advertisers appear to know my age, location, personal circumstance etc. Of course they also know my movements on the web and when your ISP is Telstra anything might be happening.
Of course one of the problems with corporations such as Telstra is knowing who to contact and getting through to them. Companies can comply and provide the mechanism to change data preferences but then hide access links amid layers of cyber babble.
What would be good is a regulation that gives a consumer the right to access a list of all third parties any collected information will be shared with and the right to have that data withdrawn from access by any listed third party. In other words know what is going to happen before it happens.
Australia is already looking at similar regulations.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/australia-likely-to-get-its-own-gdpr/
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection_en
- Consumers will have the 'right to be forgotten' and they can request that companies delete their personal data at any time.
- Consumers will have the right to access a copy of all personal data kept by a company.
- Businesses must recieve specific and freely given consent from consumers to have their personal data collected.
- Businesses must seek special permission to collect special information such as religious belief, ethnicity etc.
- Businesses will face fines of up to 31M euros for breachs of the regulations.
- These regulations apply to any company trading into the EU
The bottom line is that none of us really know what personal data has been stored and who it has been shared with. As an example I keep getting pop up banner ads that are too target specific not to be the result of data sharing. These advertisers appear to know my age, location, personal circumstance etc. Of course they also know my movements on the web and when your ISP is Telstra anything might be happening.
Of course one of the problems with corporations such as Telstra is knowing who to contact and getting through to them. Companies can comply and provide the mechanism to change data preferences but then hide access links amid layers of cyber babble.
What would be good is a regulation that gives a consumer the right to access a list of all third parties any collected information will be shared with and the right to have that data withdrawn from access by any listed third party. In other words know what is going to happen before it happens.
Australia is already looking at similar regulations.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/australia-likely-to-get-its-own-gdpr/
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection_en
