May 25, 2019, marks the one-year anniversary of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. “These game-changing rules have not only made Europe fit for the digital age, they have also become a global reference point,” Vice President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip and Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Věra Jourová said in a joint statement. The priority for the upcoming months is to ensure proper and equal implementation of the GDPR in the member states. The first results of a special Eurobarometer on data protection, revealing the thoughts of 27,000 respondents across the European Union, was also released Wednesday. The full results will be released June 13. The news release also includes two infographics here and here, as well as a GDPR portal.
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