The GDPR Clock is Ticking!
In further moves to protect people’s data and online privacy, the General Data Protection Regulations (or GDPR for short), come into effect on 25th May 2018. This has led to a lot of confusion and panic within the small business community. With massive automatic fines for non-compliance, we are receiving a huge increase in calls from business owners asking for guidance and help.
It will be no excuse for a business operator to say they didn’t know about it. The old expression “Ignorance, is no excuse in the eyes of the law” comes to mind, and there are massive automatic fines waiting for the unprepared.
The regulations place specific requirements on business operators, no matter how small that business activity actually is, to ensure that they comply with strict requirements to protect and handle customer data.
Among the requirements are;
- “Privacy by design”
- Stringent control of the data being held
- Permission from the customer to hold that data
- Easy opt-in and opt-out of all communications and emails
- The right to know what data is being held
- The right to have data deleted and forgotten
- The adopting of Data Emergency Reporting Procedures (DRP)
- Appointing a specifically named ‘Controller of Data
- Staff and employee training & development plans in GDPR compliance and operations
There are many more requirements which places the burden upon business owners. And despite the sheer lack of information and advertising of the changes, it will be no excuse for a business operator to say they didn’t know about it. The old expression “Ignorance, is no excuse in the eyes of the law” comes to mind, and there are massive automatic fines waiting for the unprepared.
Businesses should be accelerating their attention to GDPR compliance now, especially if they have a website or App. Your Ts&Cs and Privacy Policies will almost certainly not be sufficient for compliance unless they nave been overhauled by an expert in this field.
There is still time! You can contact us today for a free consultation, and a low cost package which will get you compliant, but you only have until 25th May to get everything in place. Dont delay with this super-important task.