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24 May 2018 / David White , Tom Morrison
Issue: 7794 / Categories: Features , Data protection
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Mind the GDPR (Pt 4)

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In the fourth of this special series on the GDPR, Rollits LLP turns the spotlight on the changes & challenges that still lie ahead as the Regulation rolls out

  • As the GDPR comes into force, organisations must ensure compliance as a matter of urgency, with a number of steps they should be considering on an ongoing basis.
  • There are a range of enforcement actions available to the ICO when it suspects a breach.

After months of ever increasing media coverage, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has arrived and with it we say a fond farewell to the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA)—although its flame still burns brightly within the GDPR.

Organisations now have increased statutory obligations with regard to the way in which they can collect, hold, use, store, retain, delete or in any way process personal data, and the potential consequences for getting it wrong have been amplified significantly.

In previous instalments in this series on the GDPR we have provided an overview of the key provisions

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Dual-qualified partner joins as head of commercial property department

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Firm announces appointment of next chair

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Director joins corporate team from the US

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