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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Paul Voigt & Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche
Release date:7 August 2017
Language:English
Pages:383
ISBN:3319579584
Publisher:Springer
Price:$89.99

This book provides expert advice on the practical implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and systematically analyses its various provisions. Examples, tables, a checklist etc. showcase the practical consequences of the new legislation. The handbook examines the GDPR’s scope of application, the organizational and material requirements for data protection, the rights of data subjects, the role of the Supervisory Authorities, enforcement and fines under the GDPR, and national particularities. In addition, it supplies a brief outlook on the legal consequences for seminal data processing areas, such as Cloud Computing, Big Data and the Internet of Things.Adopted in 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation will come into force in May 2018. It provides for numerous new and intensified data protection obligations, as well as a significant increase in fines (up to 20 million euros). As a result, not only companies located within the European Union will have to change their approach to data security; due to the GDPR’s broad, transnational scope of application, it will affect numerous companies worldwide.

Paul Voigt

Paul Voigt is a partner at international law firm Taylor Wessing’s Berlin office. He has an excellent track record in dealing with the legal aspects of data protection, IT contracts and IT security. Paul provides business-oriented hands-on counseling to startups as well as medium-sized companies and large MNEs. Most of Paul’s client matters have an international element and he often advises clients from overseas which are expanding into Europe. He also supports several multinational groups in the group-wide implementation of software and IT security systems and in this context coordinates legal advice in more than 40 jurisdictions worldwide. Paul is the co-editor of various data protection textbooks, including a handbook on the General Data Protection Regulation and Germany’s standard reference handbook on group data protection

Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche

Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche is the Head of the Technology, Media & Telecoms Practice Area and also coordinates the Taylor Wessing international US Group for Germany. He specialises in the technology sector and in data protection. The focus of his practice is advising on transactions, software licensing, outsourcing, F&E projects, sector-specific drafting of contracts, internet and gambling law and regulatory issues. In particular, he deals with matters which have an overseas element as well as advising foreign clients expanding into Germany.