The Effect of GDPR Compliance on Machine Learning Applications

A lot has been said, and much has been discussed about the upcoming effects of GDPR – like how the organization is collecting the data and in what other ways they are making use of the data, and many more discussions are ongoing. Amongst these, all machine learning has become a key player and has gained traction amongst prominent role across organizations, and a key question is emerging and mystifying amongst regulators, researchers and lawyers alike; How will the GDPR impact on machine learning applications? If you are actively living on this planet, then I am pretty sure that you must have heard about the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Scandal and Mark's statement on Facebook is making in response to European Union's GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation. If you do not belong to Europe, then you would have heard the statement from U.S. Senator Brain Schatz that all the technology partners, as well as platforms, will adopt the EU approach for data protection. GDPR is indeed a big deal, and since it has become a law in the European Union, it has undeniably improved the data protection for EU citizens and the people around the world.