Data Protection Consulting
This page is dedicated to totally unnecessary fun facts and trivia from computers and technology over the years.
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January 1, 2000 it was predicted that there would be disasters from anything that relied on computers using a two digit year code in the programming when the date changed from 12/31/99 to 1/1/00 because this could be represented as the year 1900.
RESULTS: not much happened.
May 25, 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 came into force.
Q : Does this regulation apply to US Companies?
A: YES
Article 3 Territorial Scope
(3) This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the Union, but in a place where Member State law applies by virtue of public international law.
How far we have come. Data speeds started in the
300 baud speed. Today normal home Internet connection is 100Mbs
Comparison
100MB file download
300 baud modem = 32 days
100Mbps cable modem = 1 second
Before the Internet Bulletin Board Systems were the social media of choice. These used dial-up modems and serial connections before TCP/IP. No need for DNS.
You could do live chat, download files,freeware games and many other options.
There is still a following for BBS systems and these would be a great alternate to the WWW.
Wildcat BBS Screen shot below
