The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply in the UK from 25 May 2018. The government has confirmed that the UK’s decision to leave the EU will not affect the commencement of the GDPR.

With so many businesses and services operating across borders, international consistency around data protection laws and rights is crucial both to businesses and organisations, and to individuals.Having clear laws with safeguards in place is more important than ever given the growing digital economy.

Current research shows that the knowledge of GDPR is higher in larger businesses. However, 30 per cent of executives at companies with over 1,000 employees say they are still not familiar with the General Data Projection Regulation.

In the video below, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham talks about “the biggest change to data protection law for a generation”.

The video is aimed at boardrooms and calls on businesses to see the commercial benefits of sound data protection, and act now to ensure they’re compliant by 25 May 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI39FRkM3DA

Businesses still have time to get their data protection in order, so long as they act quickly. A business that starts working on this today can be a compliant business on day one of the GDPR.”

For more information on GDPR visit the the Information Commissioners Office website.

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/

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