The Wall Street Journal reports on the need for privacy technology ahead of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. “We’re seeing a huge development in privacy tech as a direct result of the GDPR,” said IAPP Europe Managing Director Paul Jordan. A survey conducted by the IAPP and Ernst & Young found more than half of the 600 privacy professionals polled said they would invest in tech to help their GDPR compliance efforts. While technology can assist in those practices, privacy professionals warn compliance tech could create issues as well, such as duplicating or collecting more data than needed, and software processing personal data in an intrusive manner. (Registration may be required to access this story.) Editor's Note: The IAPP's 2018 Privacy Tech Vendor Report offers information on 123 privacy tech vendors and insight on implementing the technologies.
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