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May 18, 2017

EU data protection regulations take effect next year

The EU General Data Protection Regulation, which becomes effective next May, is a warning shot fired across the Atlantic -- the Europeans mean business about protecting their data.

Ana Razmazma

Associate
Fenwick & West LLP

801 California St
Mountain View , CA 94041-1990

Phone: (650) 335-7283

Email: arazmazma@fenwick.com

UC Hastings

Ana is in the Mountain View office of Fenwick & West. She counsels clients on technology transactions, including technology and software licensing, and on privacy issues, including online privacy, mobile privacy and regulations regarding the processing, transfer and use of personal data.

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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into full force and effect on May 25, 2018. With this looming deadline, compliance efforts by U.S. companies are in full swing. In a recent survey of C-suite executives from large (500 or more employees) U.S. multinational companies published by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 77 percent of the respondents had begun GDPR preparation and 77 percent indicated that they plan to allocate $1 million or more on GDPR readiness and compliance effo...

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