Data Protection for Developers: Past, Present, and Future
summary
A concise history of data protection traces laws from the Hessian act in 1970 and Sweden 1973 to the EU directive of 1995 and the GDPR effective May 25, 2018, which creates a Data Protection Officer role, grants the right to be forgotten and right of access, mandates 72-hour breach reporting, and threatens fines up to €20 million or 4% of global revenue. Early enforcement includes fines: a small Austrian business (camera overreach), €20,000 for plain‑text passwords, €400,000 for improper hospital access and a €50 million ad‑consent penalty. California privacy law begins Jan 1, 2020 (> $25M threshold).
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chapters (10)
- 0:00DISCLAIMERS
- 3:17A person's dignity is inviolable
- 4:32Hessian Data Protection Act (1970)
- 5:04Data Protection Commissioner
- 6:08A paradise for registers
- 7:16The right to get data about oneself
- 7:55Ensure against the misuse of data
- 9:15Purpose
- 14:15Data Protection Officer
- 16:34Don't expect anything in the US to get better in the next -2 years
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