Right to data portability under personal data protection act and its challenges
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With the implementation of the Europe-wide General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), there have been sweeping changes to data protection law in Ireland.
One of the fundamental aims of the GDPR is to affect a change in organisations' cultures and attitudes towards data protection generally. While the GDPR will ultimately impose a greater burden on those organisations that process personal data, compliance with the GDPR will likely create a competitive edge in the future.
The right to data portability does not create an obligation for you to adopt or maintain processing systems which are technically compatible with those of other organisations (GDPR Recital 68). However, you should take a reasonable approach, and this should not generally create a barrier to transmission