Over the past three weeks, we’ve taken you on a practical journey, describing step-by-step the approaches our clients have taken in preparation for the GDPR. Step 1) Identify the gaps Step 2) Plug the gaps Step 3) Moving to Continuous Improvement About half of the organisations we’ve been involved with already had a Data Protection
Preparing for the GDPR: How can Winterhawk help? Read More »
Regardless of the regulation, some organisations’ approach to ongoing regulatory compliance is to adopt a continuous improvement model. The rationale being that any given audit, whether internal or external, is conducted at a point in time and is therefore a snapshot of the state of compliance at that given moment. The trouble with this approach
Preparing for the GDPR: Step 3) Moving to Continuous Improvement Read More »
Now that your organisation has successfully completed the workshop to review current processes and data protection obligations (described in last week’s post) you now understand where and what the gaps are. The workshop should result in an Executive Report which the workshop leaders present to the board, or at least the senior management team, to
Preparing for the GDPR: Step 2) Plugging the gaps Read More »
By Elodie Ellingsen, Data Privacy Officer I am proud to come from Canada – a country where you cannot ask personal questions which could support any kind of discrimination. During a job interview, for instance, questions pertaining to ethnicity, religion, gender, age or disabilities may not be asked. The Canadian Charter of Rights and
Why I’m a big fan of the GDPR – A Canadian’s viewpoint Read More »
Wrong. GDPR still applies, and here’s why. Records can be stolen and misused whether they are on paper or stored digitally. If the information included in a given record can be used to identify an individual, then it falls under General Data Protection Regulations. Consider all your organisation’s physical paper and digital records. Do they
GDPR: My organisation is paper-based, so it doesn’t apply to us… Read More »