Colleges Told Not to Worry About GDPR Compliance

Six months after the European Union announced the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), U.S. colleges and universities are still unsure how to comply with the data protection and privacy rules. To ease concerns, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck lawyer Esteban Morin recently advised university IT leaders not to panic if they are just beginning to develop a compliance plan. He noted that many institutions and companies are still starting their compliance efforts and the European Union is struggling to enforce its GDPR rules. However, Morin warned institutions not to be complacent and expect enforcement of the data-privacy rules in the next few years.

For more on the GDPR rules, please visit the Inside Higher Ed website.

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