The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents an important and necessary step towards protecting users’ privacy and providing more transparency. However, for many businesses, the buzz around GDPR has made it appear to be an unnecessarily complex administrative task that, by law, they must address. A recent survey bears this out and found that less
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Less than a third of companies feel ready for the GDPR
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Less than a third of companies think that they are ready for GDPR ahead of the deadline on 25th May. New research from Apricorn shows that many businesses are not confident that they’ll meet compliance standards – 81 per cent could think of an area where they might fail. Half of organisations who know that the GDPR
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Government delay on GDPR data leaves businesses fearing fines
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The government delay on accrediting GDPR certification bodies means that thousands of firms have no idea if they could be hit with millions of pounds in fines for non-compliance. James Pressley, corporate and commercial solicitor at Kirwans law firm, says that businesses needed to know that their efforts have made them General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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Why GDPR compliance is crucial for UK SME survival
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
If there’s one thing about GDPR that’s grabbing the headlines at the moment, it’s the eye-watering maximum penalties that businesses could face if they fall foul of the new regulations after May next year. Being fined €20 million or four per cent of worldwide turnover, whichever is bigger, is gonna hurt! However, what have pretty
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