The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live on May 25, 2018. What has happened since then in the data privacy and data protection world? In this episode, Jonathan Armstrong, partner at Cordery Compliance, and I explore what is going on publicly and what has been going on behind the scenes as well. Armstrong provides his thoughts, reflections and observations on the activities which have and will impact companies and individuals going See more +

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live on May 25, 2018. What has happened since then in the data privacy and data protection world? In this episode, Jonathan Armstrong, partner at Cordery Compliance, and I explore what is going on publicly and what has been going on behind the scenes as well. Armstrong provides his thoughts, reflections and observations on the activities which have and will impact companies and individuals going forward.

Some of the highlights of this podcast include:

A discussion of the significant court cases filed pre-GDPR go-live, but are now coming to fruition in court;

The numbers on data privacy complaints are very strong. There have been over 1,100 complaints filed in the UK alone. Armstrong estimates there have been over 10,000 complaints filed EU-wide;

Equally interesting is the number of data breaches reported. The numbers in Ireland and the UK alone are instructive at 1,100 and 1,800 respectively;

Over 100 cross-border cases have been filed and Armstrong believes the EU system for coordinating complaints seems to be working well; and

regulators are putting on training and educational campaigns around GDPR for companies, practitioners and individuals. See less -