The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is going to put individuals in charge of their data and give them power to decide when companies can use their data. In this blog we look at this in more detail here (link to - How can companies prepare efficiently for GDPR).  Some sectors will have challenges to ensure compliance: the financial, medical and insurance industries are three industries that will face challenges due to the amount of data they hold, its sensitivity, and the focus that will likely be on them from auditors.

The new GDPR regulations have been coming for a long time but, predictably, businesses have faced a difficult few weeks as the deadline drew nearer. Many were ill-prepared and ill-informed regarding how to ensure they were compliant. GDPR is primarily concerned with privacy so businesses need to have policies and procedures in place that ensure the security of the data they hold.

As the GDPR deadline creeps up its worth reminding ourselves of the difference between data cleansing and data erasure because getting this wrong could be an expensive mistake.

Last April, the European Parliament adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).