Frank Sinatra fans might recall his 1965 hit, “It Was a Very Good Year.” Well, 2018 clearly was a very good year for data privacy statutes, regulations and case law. In fact, it was unquestionably the best year ever, by far.

GDPR

Probably leading the way was the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union (EU), which took effect on May 25th. Certainly, much has been written about GDPR already, and it is not the intention of this article to analyze this legislation in much depth.