Social media has been part of our daily lives for many years now. Facebook remains to be the most used social network site in the world, followed by Youtube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, and Instagram. As of April this year, Facebook has 2.2 billion monthly active social media users, making it the first social network to surpass 1 billion registered accounts. That’s almost a third of the world population. With the prevalence of social media and its presence in our day-to-day encounters, it is important to get to.
Considered the most important development in data privacy regulation in two decades, the General Data Protection Regulation or GPDR has taken effect on May 25, 2018. The regulation was up for debate for four years before it was approved in 2016, with the enforcement date set this year. This means that organizations who failed to comply within two years may face heavy fines. What exactly is the GDPR? The GDPR is a rule passed by the European Union that standardizes data protection laws across all 28 EU countries..