Evaluating GDPR: Global Impact on Surveillance Practices (A Contribution to the IAPP’s ‘The GDPR at Two: Expert Perspectives’ Series)
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) ‘The GDPR at Two: Expert Perspectives’ series (2020)
2 Pages Posted: 17 Jul 2020
Date Written: May 28, 2020
Abstract
An evaluation of the GDPR’s first two years depends upon how you measure ‘success’, which means you must ask what you hope it can achieve. I want the GDPR to make a substantial contribution to the dismantling of surveillance capitalism, and its replacement by a less dangerous information-based capitalism.
This brief article outlines what contributions the GDPR has made toward that goal in its first two years, and what needs to happen, in the EU and elsewhere, for this goal to be realised.
Keywords: Data Protection, Privacy, GDPR, European Union, General Data Protection Regulation
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