GDPR will become active on 25th May 2018 and affords individuals various rights against organisations with respect to their data, which is long overdue. The last legislation that covered such items in the EU, was 20 years ago and technology, let alone society has changed a lot in that time.
Then we get to the rights of celebrities, I’m not going to delve in to whether someone is or is not a celebrity, lets assume all such named as celebrities are, at least for this purpose.
Celebrities know that they will be a focus for the public, and by extension various media who are either generally addressing news, or are looking for the celebrity exclusive of who has broken up with whom or what the latest fashions will be.
Equally some celebrities guard their and their families privacy and we rarely see or hear of them because of the care they take.
So the issue of when the BBC somehow gained knowledge of a proposed raid on Cliff Richard, Cliff is rightly upset about that and how the BBC covered it.
My personal view is that they should not have been tipped off, in preference to any other news organisation, but that when in the know of the details, they should and could carry out an investigation or follow up, within current legal boundaries, as it is in the public interest. That is, both the interest we have in celebrity, but equally about a possible law breaker, especially given the allegations that were being levelled at him.
As the article says, it could have wide ranging implications, and I think we should all follow it because of its links to our own personal privacy as much as that of celebrities.
Cliff Richard case ‘likely to have massive implications’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43731668
Hi Rob, I’m interested to see what impact GDPR might have on Facebook? It’s clear that the US congress approach have not worried FB at all. I’m also wondering if there will be a point where we see a global ‘Grand Adjustment’. Maybe there should be a rule where all of the legacy data is deleted and companies need to demonstrate that it is done?
It’s a huge topic. I know of a few people on Facebook, who were waiting for May 26th, so they would use GDPR to request all data, as they weren’t convinced the Facebook download you request is the full picture.
I sincerely hope people move more to the Apple model, well they’ll have to, where they only collect data that’s nevessary and minimise it as far as they can.
TBH, that’s GDPR in a nutshell,
I doubt it will happen while 45 is in power, but when a new president is in place, then I can see the US enacting something similar to GDPR, if indeed it’s not also followed worldwide.
Holding data anywhere other than the US, if they don’t have legislation, could prove fatal.
Huge potential economic shift is possible with this…