General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

[Cipher]

Starting from May this year new EU/UK data protection regulations are going to be making things a little more risky for businesses that are not in compliance.

For example companies will basically have to seek permission before they can use any customer information in any kind of database.

Any data protection breaches could end up costing a company as much as 4% of their annual turn over in financial damages.

Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) | ICO

[Iowatech]

Re: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

It is going to be fascinating to watch how this plays out from here.

[Cipher]

Re: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Reputational damage and fallout can ruin a business and push clients into the hands of the competition (and quickly).

So it does represent a opportunity for those with comprehensive solutions for the secure handling and storage of data.

Simply ingnoring GDPR is what will get most companies in the deepest trouble should the worst happen going forward.

Anyone fancy a nice slice of Appleby cake?

[copier tech]

Re: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Mary from reception prints a document to a printer on the floor above, anyone walking past can pick up & read that document, so in theory ANY print job sent without using secure/lockecked print is not GDPR compliant.

I can see our salesmen having a field day selling solutions now!!!

[Cipher]

Re: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

All points of data entry, storage and exit will have to be looked at.

For example (and one of the biggest) is all external email correspondence.
Once a email leaves your organisation you have potentially lost control of that data.
Even if the email's transmission was encrypted who is to say what the intended recipient(s) will do with that data.
It's at that point the data audit trail goes cold.

So interesting times ahead.

I can envision a lot of new products and solutions coming to market.

But as you said, it should give HDD encryption, secure data overwrite and follow me printing a shot in the salesman arm, all of a sudden there is a compounding reason to upgrade and sell lol.