How will the GDPR impact machine learning?

Check out Steve Touw's session "How will the GDPR impact machine learning?" Much has been made about the potential impact of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on data science programs. But there's perhaps no more important--or uncertain--question than how the regulation will impact machine learning (ML), in particular. Given the recent advancements in ML, and given increasing investments in the field by global organizations, ML is fast becoming the future of enterprise data science. This article aims to demystify this intersection between ML and the GDPR, focusing on the three biggest questions I've received at Immuta about maintaining GDPR-compliant data science and R&D programs. Granted, with an enforcement data of May 25, the GDPR has yet to come into full effect, and a good deal of what we do know about how it will be enforced is either vague or evolving (or both!).