Panel:

Charles Max Wood

Special Guests: Jarno Lindqvist

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Jarno Lindqvist about GDPR. Jarno is works for SAS institutes in the Finland office working mostly on data management, technical architecture, and GDPR regulation. They talk about what GDPR is, what developers need to understand about it, and the type of data that must comply with GDPR regulations. They also touch on data security and protection, the right to be forgotten, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Jarno intro
Developers are concerned about GDPR
Developers don’t have to completely understand it
Data governance and data management
Are there things that as software developers we need to understand?
GDPR basic education
Everyone behaving under the same laws
What kind of data are we talking about with GDPR?
Personal data definition
Broad definition of what kind of data falls under “personal data”
Regulations came into effect in May 2018 officially
What are we talking about with “protecting data”?
Data security
Taking precautions about how you keep your data
Keeping track of who you’ve displayed your data to
The purpose behind collecting your data
The right to be forgotten
Do US companies have to only comply with this when it comes to EU data?
What about EU citizens living abroad?
Does GDPR apply to both electronic and physical files?
What measures have you seen companies take to comply with GDPR?
GAP analyses
And much, much more!

Links:

GDPR
SAS
@datasquire
Jarno’s blog at SAS

Sponsors:

Digital Ocean

Picks:

Charles

World Cup
Sand Hollow State Park
I Can Only Imagine

Jarno

Search GDPR on YouTube
SAS research on GDPR compliance

Twitter Mentions