The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an important topic, and one I’ve been working with since the beginning of 2016. In 2016, the GDPR (which will become effective on 25 May 2018) was adopted to replace the Directive 95/46/EC to implement a legally binding regulation that will be considered the EU data protection law. For readers who are not familiar with the massive breadth of topics covered, it is beneficial to provide, as a reference, the following listing of topics covered within the 11 chapters, consisting of 99 articles with hundreds of specific requirements in total that make…
Author: Rebecca Herold
Rebecca Herold
Rebecca has over 25 years of systems engineering, information security, privacy and compliance experience. Rebecca is an entrepreneur; she is CEO and Founder of The Privacy Professor® consultancy she established in 2004, and is Co-Founder and President of SIMBUS, LLC, and information security, privacy, technology & compliance management cloud service for organizations of all sizes, in all industries, in all locations. Rebecca has authored 18 books, dozens of book chapters, and hundreds of published articles. Rebecca led the NIST SGIP Smart Grid Privacy Subgroup for seven years, was a founding member and officer for the IEEE P1912 Privacy and Security Architecture for Consumer Wireless Devices Working Group, and serves on the Advisory Boards of numerous organizations. Rebecca also serves as an expert witness for information security, privacy, and compliance issues. Rebecca was an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University MSISA program for many years. Rebecca is frequently interviewed, including regularly on the KCWI23 morning television show, and quoted in diverse broadcasts and publications. Rebecca holds the following certifications: FIP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CIPT, CIPM, CIPP/US, FLMI. Rebecca is based in Des Moines, Iowa.
