Why GDPR is flipping the thought process around data ownership
A lot of the discussion around GDPR has focused on individual privacy. Thomas Fischer says that’s not what the law is about. It’s about data protection. And the noise around that point is a big misconception. Fischer spoke with CyberScoop for our new podcast series, Decoding GDPR, in order to get the facts straight when it comes to the European law. “It’s not about protecting the individual’s privacy, it’s protecting personal data,” says Fischer, a global security advocate based in London. “The GDPR actually says that it’s there to re-appropriate the person’s data, so that the person owns it. That’s a complete mind shift. If you think about it, companies collect data and think “OK, I’m collecting this data, I own this data, this is my data.’” That mind shift is something companies will have to embrace if they want to be in tune with the law once it goes […]
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