Microsoft is committed to complying with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation across all its cloud services by May 25, 2018, the date at which the law starts being applied.
The European Union is looking to implement a reform of its data protection rules, which will apply starting May 25, 2018. The GDPR ( General Data Protection Regulation ) is “an essential step to strengthen citizens’ fundamental rights in the digital age and facilitate business by simplifying rules for companies in the Digital Single Market.”
In a post from its On The Issues blog , Microsoft’s Chief Privacy Officer, Brendon Lynch states that the GDPR “is the most significant change to European Union (EU) privacy law in two decades.” Emphasis is put on the company’s commitment to the compliance with this new law across all its cloud services when enforcement begins in May of next year.
