The Impact of GDPR on Global Technology Development

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) demands significant data protection safeguards and poses both new challenges and potential opportunities to organizations around the world. Most organizations are not yet adequately prepared for compliance with the GDPR. To minimize liability under the GDPR, organizations around the world need to make changes to be in compliance with the GDPR. This editorial preface discusses GDPR's impact on global technology development including both challenges and opportunities. Furthermore, we discuss how China and the U.S., the two leading global economic power, can better respond to the challenges and opportunities brought up by GDPR.