5 Years Of The GDPR – Where Do We Go From Here?

It's difficult to grasp that five years have passed since the coming into force of the GDPR. The much-awaited landmark regulation came into force on the 25th May 2018 and the world of privacy has not looked back.

The ripple effects of the GDPR can also be seen in the implementation of GDPR counterparts in different jurisdiction outside of the EU, such as Brazil's LGPD, leading to an unprecedented shift in the global privacy landscape. Within the EU, the GDPR paved the way for the development of an increasing number of guidelines by the European Data Protection Board (the 'EDPB'), which, along with the number of court decisions and administrative fines issued over the past five years, have served to enhance the EU data privacy legal framework.