Forrester has issued a heat map illustrating privacy protection guidelines and practices of 54 different countries. The Netherlands and Finland have the most restrictive privacy regulations in place, according to the heat map. Other countries are using the European standard as the model for their own legislation on data privacy. The European Unions (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) exemplifies this contradiction. May 2018 is the deadline for full compliance with the GPDR, which will apply to foreign companies that do business in the EU or collect EU residents’ data.”]
Source: https://securityintelligence.com/news/privacy-protection-meets-state-surveillance-in-europe/