ABSTRACT

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) demands significant data protection safeguards and poses both new challenges and potential opportunities to organizations around the world. Most organizations are not yet adequately prepared for compliance with the GDPR. To minimize liability under the GDPR, organizations around the world need to make changes to be in compliance with the GDPR. This editorial preface discusses GDPR’s impact on global technology development including both challenges and opportunities. Furthermore, we discuss how China and the U.S., the two leading global economic power, can better respond to the challenges and opportunities brought up by GDPR.

摘要

欧盟的通用数据保护条例（GDPR）要求采取重要的数据保护措施，并给全球组织带来新的挑战和潜在的机遇。大多数组织尚未为遵守GDPR做好充分准备。为了最大程度地降低GDPR规定的责任，世界各地的组织都需要进行更改以使其符合GDPR。本社论序言部分讨论了GDPR对全球技术发展的影响，包括挑战和机遇。此外，我们讨论了全球领先的两个经济大国中美如何更好地应对GDPR带来的挑战和机遇。