In the first of a series of blog posts I am writing for Digital Guardian, I have tackled the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and what it means for companies worldwide. To find out what GDPR is and my top ten points on why it matters, read the blog post here.
It’s enforceable from 25 May 2018, which sounds like a long time away, but as time moves quickly and organisations tend to move slowly, you should start preparing for GDPR now. One of the key problems, however, seems to be getting the leadership of organisations to fully engage with GDPR and recognise that preparing for it is a strategic, as well as IT-related, activity. With this in mind, in my next article for Digital Guardian I will be exploring what to do – and how to do it – to get the business level of an organisation engaged and on board with a project like GDPR implementation.
