GDPR, otherwise known as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, is also known as the data law that nobody knows or cares about, especially if you are in the United States.
Little does anyone know, however, that the effects of this policy could have a widespread impact on the rest of the world. As the conversation around AI takes center stage, there is going to be more talk about how to regulate this technology to prolong the inevitable takeover by our AI overlords. There is some hope, however, as GDPR is considered the gold standard for AI security and protection worldwide; it may serve as a template for future laws and regulations that can be enacted.
Due to GDPR being a long and complicated law that most people don’t have any time to read because they are too busy doing more important things like doing dishes, Commoner AI has got your back, and we will break it down for you.
GDPR was created because in the world of legislation, there was very little being done concerning the privacy and security of your personal information! Which is great and all because most people don’t care about their personal information either way, but let’s pretend that they did for one second.
Let’s start with some background details that are important before diving deeper into GDPR.
- The idea of privacy existed long before GDPR came to fruition between 2016-2018. There is a long history of privacy being important to human beings, ever since the first cavemen wanted to go hunting without his wife knowing about it. It seems particularly important in healthcare, financial, and government sectors where the care of personal/confidential information seems to be more important. After all, I am sure you don’t want anyone to know about that gross foot fungus you have been hiding.
- With the advancement of technology, figuring out the rights of humans on the internet becomes even more important than ever. There doesn’t exist an “Internet Bill of Rights,” so we are basically just lost fish in a pond here. We as a people need to demand our rights to watch silly dance videos without interruption, and no one should get in the way of that. While other countries (Sweden, USA, etc) and international organizations (the United Nations) have their own laws when it comes to this, GDPR certainly leads the way in certain respects with data protection and privacy.
- Lastly, it is important that lots of organizations have been fined for violations of GDPR and other privacy regulations. Since Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai clearly read my blog with billions and billions of followers, this is going to be particularly important for all you superstar CEOs because I know you are here because you don’t want to get fined. This makes learning GDPR even more important than ever.
Alright, now that we’ve got all those extremely exciting details out of the way, let’s get some exciting commentary about the effects of this law on future blog posts.