The European Union recently announced the General Data Protection Regulation UK, GDPR rules which are good for the online privacy of the brits. However, UK has exited from the EU which is generally named as Brexit, the General Data Protection Regulation UK are applicable to all the small and large sized companies throughout the UK.
In the era where all the countries are making rules to threaten the online privacy of their internet users, this EU’s General Data Protection Regulation UK prove that users’ rights protection is still in the consideration for authorities in some countries and all is not lost yet.
What is General Data Protection Regulation UK?
The newly approved General Data Protection Regulation UK which will take effect on May 2018 are applicable to all the small and large sized companies operating within the UK. These rules clearly stated that the companies have to disclose any data security breached they face, if they will not disclose and report the breaches they have to face a fine of up to €20 million or four percent of global annual turnover, whichever is greater.
Corporate companies who keep the data security breaches hidden from the customers, like Yahoo did in the past have the habit of hiding such incidents from the customers to avoid any negative perception about the companies and it also saves them from any penalty and fine from the government and authorities which keep their financial picture in good shape.
Privacy Rights of EU Internet Users
The EU General Data Protection Regulation have also considered the right to privacy of European internet users and have added a clause in the rules which allow users the right to deny ISPs from monitoring their data and other than the ISPs, this law is also applicable to social media and e-commerce websites.
If these privacy laws weren’t enough, Europeans have also the right to change their mind anytime, access and update their data, make changes, and delete their data from the records if they want to. Brits will, therefore, have more control over how their online personal data is processed by corporate companies.
The Benefit of The Rules for Brits
European data protection regulations had already approved the right to delete any sensitive and private information from the internet. However, companies are usually ignorant towards such requests and most of the time they say that they need to process this data for a particular reason. The new GDPR rules now force such companies to prove whether they are really processing that data, and for what purposes.
How to Enhance Data Protection Anywhere?
The best way to keep the snoopers and ISPs away from your internet data is to go anonymous, which means use the internet without exposing your real identity by using the most secure VPN services. A VPN hides you from the spying eyes and makes a secret and encrypted tunnel for your internet traffic and masks all your details and provides you different IP addresses and other online information.
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