Are you a Director or Manager or Member in an Organisation resisting the resourcing of GDPR Activities? Best read on then...
You will not often get an article from me about the 'scary bits' in the GDPR; I'm a glass-half-full kind of a person however, on this news, I've made an exception...
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into force on 25th May 2018 and all organisations must comply with the Regulation.
However, I have recently met with a couple of senior representatives of organisations who have openly stated that ‘they are not providing a budget for any GDPR compliance project’. I find it hard to believe that they will be able to demonstrate full compliance with the GDPR on at least two grounds, 1) it is not funded therefore, it will be difficult if not impossible to move towards compliance and 2) compliance is a ‘culture’ and culture is made up of actions and attitude in unison. That attitude will clearly not support demonstrable compliance with the GDPR...