Why the GDPR Deadline Is the Beginning of a New Privacy Era | Linux Today

Why the GDPR Deadline Is the Beginning of a New Privacy Era

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Sean Michael Kerner
May 26, 2018

May 25 is the first day for enforcement of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, but Michelle Dennedy isn’t too worried about it. The chief privacy officer of Cisco doesn’t expect many organizations to actually be compliant, but she is optimistic that GDPR does herald a new beginning for privacy.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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