The murky waters of GDPR

It’s been five months since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) directive came into force, and yet apart from being flooded by emails the question remains whether or not anything’s actually changed.

Two interesting stories to come out recently look at Google’s position post-GDPR and some interesting statistics from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) 2018 Annual Privacy Governance Report.   

Multiple sources are reporting that Google has actually become even more dominant post-GDPR, which if you want to have a sense of humor about it is actually quite a funny paradox. On the other end of the spectrum many smaller competitors to Google simply don’t have the resources to comply, effectively forcing them out of business or out of the EU at least.

Meanwhile according to the IAPP survey only 44% of businesses believe that they are entirely compliant with the GDPR, and almost 20% of businesses believe it’s impossible to fully comply with the GDPR.

In our latest Siteimprove blog we’ve tackled the question by taking a look at the landscape and seeing whether or not there’s actually been consequences for those not complying with GDPR. We’ve also spoken with Germany-based Peter (not his real name), an active enforcer of his privacy rights who shares his experiences with submitting complaints across different EU countries.

To read our full story check out our blog The GDPR Landscape Five Months Later - Was It All for Nothing? and let us know what changes you and your business have noticed.