What does this mean to you?
It’s arrived, May 25th 2018, the day GDPR comes into force. Find out what this could mean for you. Read more
GDPR Day
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GDPR: May 25th
Are you GDPR Ready?
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Time is running out
The General Data Protection Act will come into force across Europe on May 25th 2018.
Any organisations that processes personally identifiable information will need to be compliant with the GDPR.
Time is running out, but we can still help you get your documentation and processes ready to meet your GDPR requirements.
GDPR doesn’t apply to me
The GDPR does not apply to you if you’re just managing information for purely personal or household activities. So you don’t need to worry about keeping the window cleaners details in your phone.
However, If you are a business of any size and you manage personally identifiable information, the GDPR will apply to you.
What is personally identifiable information?
The GDPR says that Personally Identifiable Information is any information that can be used to identify an individual.
This can be directly (like a person’s name or email address) or indirectly (such as a client reference number, or IP details)
Common types of personally identifiable information you may use are things like employee details, customer and supplier information, cookies used on your website and emails.
But my only contacts are other businesses
In reality, this is probably note the case.
Most people have personal information for their business contacts, such as their name, position in the company or personalised email address.
What do I have to do?
You need to make sure you have documented how you collect and manage personal data, stating what safeguards you have to protect that information, and how it’s going to be used.
You need to identify a lawful basis for using the information, and make sure it is only used for that purpose.
And you need to know where the information is, who has access to it and how you can manage it if you receive a data subject request
#WeCanHelp
There’s a lot of work that needs to be done getting GDPR compliant, we can take the burden off you and create the policies, documentation and processes you need to make sure your organisation is compliant.
We can continue to support you by processing your incoming user requests and monitoring your processes to make sure your organisation remains GDPR compliant.
Contact Us Today!
Some of the GDPR specific services we offer include:
- Data Protection Officer Services
- Policy Writing
- Data Handling
- ICO Registering
- Process Monitoring
- Process Assessment
GDPR: What it means to everyone else
What is all this GDPR?
It’s not just businesses that need to know about GDPR. The GDPR is all about you.
The GDPR are a set of new regulations that say how organisations can collect, use and store data about you. It also states what rights you have to your data, and how you can get hold of the data any organisation has about you.
GDPR: Photos & CCTV
Are you GDPR Ready?
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General Data Protection Regulation
If you’re primary business is photography, have you considered the impact the GDPR is going to have on you and how you operate?
What about if you have CCTV that monitors and records an area that members of the public can access? Read more
GDPR: Business to Business
Business to Business marketing
The GDPR covers information that identifies individuals only, so any business to business marketing would not be covered as long as the details are generic and don’t identify an individual.
So if the email address was sales@businessname.co.uk that would be fine, no individual is identified, however if your contact is j,bloggs@busniessname.co.uk then you are identifying an individual and therefore GDRP does apply.
That doesn’t mean you can’t send marketing materials to them, there are several basis for consent that could apply depending on the situation, as long as the information you’re sending is relevant, expected and not intrusive.
Business Cards
The GDRP will apply to business cards if they contain an individuals personally identifiable information, like their name (and what business cards don’t have names on them!) and if you store them in an ‘organised filing system’
That could apply to a filofax, rotadex or similar system, or if you input the details into a digital storage system, like your phone or PC address book. It’s slightly less clear if the information is ‘stored’ loose in your draw or desk.
Again, the GDPR offers means to ‘store and process’ this information in this way, you just have to be aware of it and make sure you don’t use the information in a way that would be unexpected. It might be expected to pass the details onto an interested third party, say a work colleague, who might want to make contact with the individual. It would probably not be expected for you to pass that information onto a third party marketing company that has no relation to you or your business.
#WeCanHelp
There’s a lot of work that needs to be done getting GDPR compliant, we can take the burden off you and create the policies, documentation and processes you need to make sure your organisation is compliant.
We can continue to support you by processing your incoming user requests and monitoring your processes to make sure your organisation remains GDPR compliant.
Contact Us Today!
Some of the GDPR specific services we offer include:
- Data Protection Officer Services
- Policy Writing
- Data Handling
- ICO Registering
- Process Monitoring
- Process Assessment
General Data Protection Regulations
Data Protection Act 2018
The GDPR UK implementation and the UK Data Protection Act 2018 govern how organisations can process personally identifying information.
If your organisation needs to process personal information, it needs to be registered on the ICO database, and have a Data Protection Policy in place detailing the use of personal information.
Personal Information is any information that can identify an individual, such as employee names, customer id’s or CCTV footage.
If you need help assessing your GDPR compliance, contact us immediately for a GDPR review.
GDPR: What about our existing data?
When the Data Protection Act is replaced by the GDPR, what is going to happen to your existing data? Will you need to contact everyone to get permission to hold their data? what about if they don’t respond? Read more
General Data Protection Regulation
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May 25th – Are You Ready?
On May 25th 2018, Regulation EU 2016/679, better known as the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into force in the EU, and will have an impact on organisations worldwide that deal with personal information from EU citizens. GDPR is the successor to the Data Protection Act in the UK, which has been around since the 1980’s Read more