General Data Protection Regular (GDPR). Practicalities and Preparation
General Data Protection Regular (GDPR). Practicalities and Preparation. Summary GDPR. What, Why and When? General Data Protection Regular (GDPR) is new legislation which impose new data security requirements for personal information within the European Union (EU) and is effective from 25 th May 2018. GDPR is primarily concerned with transparency of the intent and purpose of the data that an organisation wants to collect and why, demonstrating privacy is taken seriously by having the appropriate control measures in place, and not holding information where there isn’t a business need or longer than the purpose it was intended for. The impact of this new legislation is wider spread than the EU as it affects organisations globally that may operate within the EU and/or holds personal information about EU citizens without having an EU presence. GDPR applies to public and private sector organisations including not for profit, if you are an organisation that offers servic