GDPR

Articles, news and advice on GDPR issues for UK SMEs, covering topics such as data privacy regulation, transparency and accountability, and the protection of individuals’ privacy rights in the digital age.

Business Technology

Five steps to make your data GDPR ready

Julian Saunders, CEO and founder of data management and GDPR compliance solution PORT.im, provides his top tips to get your data ready for GDPR.

News

GDPR: A third of Brits say they will exercise right to be forgotten

New research reveals data protection and privacy fears as GDPR deadline looms. More Brits to decide to exercise the right to be forgotten.

News

Companies to spend 172 hours a month simply on GDPR data searches

Companies will spend eight hours a day on average, or a full-time employee all day, trawling databases to meet GDPR requirements, research discovers.

News

Board members at odds with management on level of GDPR compliance

New research reveals a huge divide in opinion between board level executives and middle management when it comes to how ready their organisations are for GDPR.

News

Two-thirds of start-ups aren’t data compliant ahead of GDPR

International research by Mailjet reveals startups are completely ill-prepared for GDPR, with many falling behind around consent and contingency planning.

News

Half of businesses still unaware of GDPR – are you prepared?

Research by PORT.im reveals widespread confusion with only 27 per cent believing GDPR applies to their business and 7 per cent failing to ask for consent to collect customer data.

Getting Online

How websites can get ready for GDPR

For online lead websites, GDPR will pose a significant change to how they process and handle data, as we explore here.

Business Technology

UK businesses must conduct sensitive information audit before new GDPR legislation arrives

With the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect in May 2018, private information that isn’t destroyed correctly, or stored securely, could lead to UK businesses being fined a substantial £20 million per breach.

Getting Online

Half of brand websites are still not GDPR compliant

42 per cent of brand websites are still not GDPR compliant leading up to the regulation deadline of May 2018, according to new research from Ensighten.

News