As concerns about cybersecurity weigh increasingly heavily on manufacturers and other companies around the United States, the European Union has initiated expansive new efforts to protect its citizens from cybersecurity risks. The EU’s initiative — called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — might ordinarily be viewed with little interest from American companies. However, as a result of the reach of the GDPR, millions of manufacturers and other American companies may unknowingly be at risk of violating the new law, and thus subject to significant monetary penalties. The good news is that, whatever your level of interaction with companies and/or individuals in the EU, there are measures that you can take to comply with the GDPR.

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