When it comes to processing personal data in the European Union, companies will soon need to figure out whether it is “high risk” behavior or face significant fines.
Provisions in the forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on data processing that involves a “high risk” to the data subject may lead multinational companies to increasingly view privacy through a European lens.
Under the GDPR, data controllers will be required to determine whether their processing operations are high risk—a determination that would trigger several obligations, including the requirement to carry out a data protection impact assessment (DPIA).
Philip James, a ...
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