Talk:General Data Protection Regulation/Archives/2021

Granting of the Royal Assent (UK)
The article currently has : "The United Kingdom granted royal assent to ...".

The United Kingdom does not do that. Royal Assent is granted by the Reigning Monarch (except when some form of proxy or deputy, such as I suppose the Prince Regent [1811-1820], has of necessity been formally appointed). 94.30.84.71 (talk) 17:10, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Summary needs work
The current summary (shown below) does not seem appropriate.

"The proposed new EU data protection regime extends the scope of the EU data protection law to all foreign companies processing data of EU residents. It provides for a harmonization of the data protection regulations throughout the EU, thereby making it easier for non-European companies to comply with these regulations; however, this comes at the cost of a strict data protection compliance regime with severe penalties of up to 4% of worldwide turnover."

While it may seem like a general description of the regulation it is in fact a description from 2012 which was referenced in this article. Please update the summary to reflect the regulation as it was passed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.161.197.247 (talk) 16:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Note that the regulation does not discuss residence in the EU at all. While processors and data controllers have interpreted the regulation as being limited to those residing in the EU, it is not apparent that it excludes EU citizens residing abroad. 65.198.98.16 (talk) 16:42, 28 April 2021 (UTC)Arch

Right to Rectification
The entire section of law relating to right of rectification is missing from the article.

UK Legislation mentioned in summary
I am removing the following text, which is not appropriate to the summary section of an article on the EU GDPR (Even if it might make sense in a section on effects of Brexit on the GDPR, or in an article on English, Scottish or Northern Irish Data Protection law, it's not particularly relevant to the GDPR itself).

Also, it's not true - at least not as currently written (I believe intermediate edits have mangled the sense somewhat). The UK will presumably be subject to the GDPR, along with the rest of EU law, until 2 years after the UK's Article 50 notice to leave the EU (possibly longer depending on the nature of any regulatory equivalence which may be negotiated). - Paul (talk) 17:10, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

'Personally Identifiable Information (PII)' vs. 'Personal data'
In the summary ...

To some, "personally identifiable information" (PII) will have a specific meaning, particularly with regard to the US legal definition. Reading the personally identifiable information page itself makes this distinction a bit clearer. The GDPR definition of "personal data" is broader in scope than that of PII.

While the term is sometimes used ubiquitously to refer to a broad range of personal information (granted that a search on Wiki for "personal data" will redirect to the PII page) I think in this context it is better sense to refer solely to "personal data", here in the summary and anywhere else on the page — in particular because the scope of the GDPR does have an impact on firms in the US who might have EU customers. Views?
 * +1, and very much so. The PII page itself states multiple times that "personal data" is (substantially) wider than PII; hence, the two cannot and should never be used as meaning the same thing. --User:Haraldmmueller 10:34, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Very true, Haraldmmueller. ♫ RichardWeiss talk contribs 12:23, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok, I have made that change. Different.joy (talk) 11:04, 12 September 2018 (UTC)