Three-quarters of non-IT leaders at U.S. firms believe the European Unions upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does not apply to them. Hong Kong (29 percent), Australia (26 percent) and Singapore (33 percent) also lacked awareness of the law. The regulation will govern how organizations handle data breaches and store PII data. One-third of employees had no idea where data is being stored and who can access it, according to the NTT Security study.”]
Source: https://securityintelligence.com/news/three-quarters-of-us-business-leaders-are-ignoring-the-gdpr/