What is GDPR?
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) which came into force in May 2018, creates new and higher standards of compliance than applied previously for organisations collecting and using customer data.
Whenever you collect and use identifiable personal data about customers (like name, email, address and preferences) you need to stay compliant with the law.
If you don’t comply, you can be fined by the regulator (the ICO) – up to 20 million Euros, or 4% of your turnover. Or, even more worryingly, the ICO can issue a ‘Stop Now’ order, which prevents you from collecting or using personal data at all, either permanently or until you have complied with their requirements.
Help with Data Protection
We understand that GDPR compliance can seem overwhelming – with all those new rules and ongoing processes to comply with. Every business is unique so a one-size approach doesn’t work for everybody. We will work with you speedily and affordably to understand what your business needs, provide data protection legal advice and agree on a pathway to compliance.
Our expert service includes:
- Data protection advice on what GDPR means operationally for your organisation
- GDPR legal health audit for your business showing you what changes you need to make and giving you an action plan
- Identify whether you are a ‘Data Controller’ (who is in charge of deciding what data is to be collected, how it is to be collected, and the purposes for which it is to be used) or whether you are a ‘Data Processor’ (who analyses and processes the data on behalf of a Controller). Different obligations apply to each role
- Helping you set up contracts between Data Processors and Data Controllers
- Review and draft employment contracts and providing HR advice related to GDPR and data protection
- Help you prepare the policies you need for GDPR compliance (eg Data Protection Policy, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Security Policy (designed to minimise breaches) and Retention Policy (designed to define for how long you retain data)
- Data protection advice on handling Data Subject Access Requests (where individuals exercise their legal right to know or change the data you hold about them)
- Advice on dealing with suspected breaches of GDPR by your organisation in a compliant way (you can make things much worse if you get this bit wrong)
- Advice on how to gain compliant consent from customers to collect and use their data for purposes which are compliant with GDPR
See our affordable fixed price packages for GDPR compliance -
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