Adapted from a post originally published on the Cloudera VISION Blog.
If your organization collects data about citizens of the European Union (EU), you probably already know about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR defines and strengthens data protection for consumers and harmonizes data security rules within the EU. The European Parliament approved the measure on April 27, 2016. It goes into effect in less than a year, on May 25, 2018.
Much of the commentary about GDPR focuses on how the new rules affect the collection and management of personally identifiable information (PII) about consumers. However, GDPR will also change how organizations practice data science. That is the subject of this blog post.
One caveat before we begin. GDPR is complicated. In some areas, GDPR defines high-level outcomes, but delegates detailed compliance rules to a new entity, the European Data Protection Board. GDPR regulations intersect with many national…
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