Data protection has been in the news a lot recently; not only the issues around hacking and malware, but perhaps more importantly on the issues of how data is handled within (and across) organizations. In 2018 the EU will have the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) go into effect, covering millions of people’s personal information. As shown in this chart from DLA Piper, much of the world today is covered by either “heavy” or “robust” data protection. To pull one number out of many to make the point, the State of California alone has over 25 data privacy and governance laws.
