Privacy and data protection legislation is closely related to the protection of human rights. There are now more than 100 countries with data protection laws.Greenleaf 2015. For this count, the inclusion of rules on security was a criterion. One of the key principles for the fair and lawful processing of personal information regulated by data protection laws is the principle of security. This principle implies that proper security measures are taken to ensure the protection of personal data against unlawful access by others than intended recipients. The European Union General Data Protection Regulation, which was adopted in 2016 and will enter in to force in 2018, contains an advanced set of rules with respect to the security of personal data.
