Following on from Question 12-42, visit the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation Web site and discuss how the new regulation will affect data stewards and an organization’s data governance committee within academic institutions such as universities.

 Question 12-42

The European Union has recently applied the Genera Protection of Data Regulation, which governs the way firms doing business in the European Union have to treat and handle the public’s data. Similar legislation is under consideration in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia. Discuss the implications that this will have on data and database administrators.