Introduction
We are in a world where personal data is more valuable than ever
as more organizations require data to drive decisions and improve
profitability. Indeed, as published by the Economist in May 2017,
it can be said that “the world's most valuable resource
is no longer oil, but data”. This is true as a significant
number of the world's most valuable companies are data
driven.
With this comes concerns about how tech giants and organisations
are exploiting the information they collect about individuals
through various means including big data analytics, artificial
intelligence, profiling amongst others. This exponential increase
in the usage and processing of personal data by individuals and
businesses has made data privacy and protection a global compliance
issue and will remain so for a long time to come.
