Project Management in the Implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Technology development and digitalization have reshaped business models and made data one of the key resources in business ecosystem. Organizations have become more focused on gathering and processing personal data for the purpose of gaining competitive advantage and profit. Consequently, the importance of personal data protection has significantly grown, since one of the fundamental civil rights, the right of privacy, has become more jeopardized than ever before. This caused major changes in the European Union (EU) legislation related to personal data protection, which resulted in the introduction of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new regime significantly increases the protection of EU data subjects, but also demands all controllers and processors of personal data to adjust their business in order to avoid huge fines for non-compliance. This paper deals with project management in the process of implementing GDPR provisions.