European Commission seeks feedback on efficiency of landmark data protection regulation

The European Commission is seeking public input as it assesses the effectiveness of its General Data Protection Regulation -- which came into force in May 2018 -- in a report due out next month.

The GDPR is designed to ease intra-EU data flows and third-party compliance with the bloc’s rules. The framework contains principles required for the European Commission to determine that an adequate level of data protection exists for companies based in third countries; it also harmonizes personal data...