Tag: GDPR
The growing need for multi-region records and data management
The impact of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced in 2016 with legal enforcement across all EU countries by 2018 has impacted far more than the 27 countries in the European Union (EU), or the broader environment of...
Partner Spotlight: MSP achieves GDPR compliance using Barracuda RMM
SOTEC GmbH, headquartered in Laudenbach, Germany, is one of the leading IT systems integrators and service providers in the Rhein Neckar metropolitan area in southwestern Germany. Serving small businesses and enterprises, the company provides consultancy, security, GDPR compliance, and infrastructure...
Long road to achieving GDPR compliance still lies ahead
A survey of 1,263 IT professionals conducted by the Ponemon Institute, on behalf of the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, suggests that even some of the best laid plans to comply with the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR)...
Helping SMBs comply with GDPR and other privacy laws
As cybersecurity incidents continue to increase globally, governments are starting to step in to protect their citizen’s personally identifiable information (PII). GDPR went into effect in the EU last year and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is set to launch on...
Number of data protection officers increases dramatically in wake of GDPR
It seems that a chief data protection officer is not only an official job responsibility, it’s a necessity. It’s estimated there are now more than half a million data protection officers in Europe alone, one year after the General Data...
Worldwide popularity of GDPR on the rise
The first anniversary of a move by the European Union to impose a General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) arrives at the end of this week. GDPR was enacted to protect the digital rights of anyone doing business with a company...
GDPR: Surely everyone has dealt with it by now … right?
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is a regulation in EU law stipulating how organisations must deal with data to ensure that individuals are protected, and that individuals can more easily determine what data an organisation holds about them. It became...
GDPR to Force Long Overdue Data Management Conversation
One of the more intriguing aspects of the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) implemented by the European Union is that organizations are required to appoint a chief data protection officer. That person doesn’t necessarily need to have that formal title....
The end of the GDPR beginning creates new opportunities for MSPs
A new report published by IBM this week suggests the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) being put into effect May 25 will ultimately transform how most organizations manage data. The survey of 1,500 GDPR leaders, conducted by the IBM Institute...
Demand for external GDPR expertise starts to increase
With less than a month to go before organizations are required to comply with the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) that the European Union has pledged to enforce starting May 25, it appears organizations are finally reaching out to external...
