General Data Protection Regulation
Ying Li’s PyCon2018 keynote discussed the importance of writing secure software, and the responsibility that we, as developers, have in keeping users safe. While watching, it occurred to me that I haven’t written about the new European Union laws that stem from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that goes into effect this month.
I was involved in several conversations on this topic lately, so here’s some information on the rules, their implications and responses from businesses, and the reactions as the rest of the world tries to implement similar systems.
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