BC Advantage - 2018 Issue 7

GDPR One Privacy Law Not to Overlook

On May 25, 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016/EU ("GDPR") took effect. The standards are daunting and the fines are nothing short of mind-blowing. Directive 95/46/EC and the Council Framework was repealed by the GDPR, which is comprised of two European Union ("EU") Directives: Regulation EU 2016/679 and Directive EU 2016/680.  GDPR extends beyond protected health information. The law is vast; yet, there are many ways to analogize it to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Pub. L. 104-191 (Aug. 21, 1996) ("HIPAA"), which became more stringent through the implementation of The Health...

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