We can start by rejecting the\u00a0unhelpful\u00a0<\/strong>acronym. We can speak\u00a0instead\u00a0<\/strong>about data protection or \u2013 if precision is essential \u2013 \u00a0the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.<\/p>\n However, “GDPR” appears constantly in headlines and seminar\u00a0<\/strong>titles.\u00a0<\/strong>Those writing about the regulations tend to use its exact wording for fear of misinterpreting.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0And since even\u00a0experts who have to apply the regulation can scarcely\u00a0interpret\u00a0what it is going to mean in practice,\u00a0we all\u00a0nervously bide our time\u00a0by calculating<\/a> how long until implementation (as I write: 62 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes, 15 seconds).<\/p>\n In general, the purpose of the regulation is to ensure the transparent and reliable processing of personal data. Only necessary information should be collected, and it should be restricted to the specific purpose. Approval is required for the collection of personal data, and everyone should have access to his own data. The regulation also stresses that “information shall be provided in a clear, easily understandable and accessible form, and in clear and plain language”.<\/p>\n You may wonder where such clear and simple language can be found. I can tell you I haven’t yet found it in documents and contracts about the GDPR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We can start by rejecting the\u00a0unhelpful\u00a0acronym. We can speak\u00a0instead\u00a0about data protection or \u2013 if precision is essential \u2013 \u00a0the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. However, “GDPR” appears constantly in headlines and seminar\u00a0titles.\u00a0Those writing about the regulations tend to use its exact wording for fear of misinterpreting.\u00a0\u00a0And since even\u00a0experts who have to apply the regulation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-english-en","7":"category-wordoftheweek-en","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430\/revisions\/2441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}